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HAUTBOIS
Definition of HAUTBOIS
noun
Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.
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.
HAUTBOIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAUTBOIS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABHIOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found HAUTBOIS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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