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HAMBONE
Definition of HAMBONE
noun
The bone at the center of a ham
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Where it comes from
From ham + bone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAMBONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HAMBONE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEHMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAMBON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found HAMBONE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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