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HERBOSE

/hɜːˈbəʊs/7 letters

Definition of HERBOSE

adjective

Having an abundance of herbage; full of herbs.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From the Latin herbōsus (“grassy, full of grass or herbs”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HERBOSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
86
First board
36
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.

First ever to find it

needbullyphil

on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HERBOSE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HERBOSE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEHORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Could you have found HERBOSE?

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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.

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