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HIMBO
Definition of HIMBO
noun
A physically attractive man who lacks intelligence; the male equivalent of a bimbo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of him + bimbo, first recorded in 1988 and likely influenced by sex scandals in the US politics around the time.
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.
HIMBO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HIMBO starts with H and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BHIMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found HIMBO?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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