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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).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HIMBO · 1 relative in the game
HIMBO in a sentence
“According to the urban dictionary, a himbo is the male version of a bimbo, whore, or slut.”
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 38 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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