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HIMBO

/ˈhɪmbəʊ/5 letters

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).

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.

HIMBO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
11
First board
99
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

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
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start HIMBO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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