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HOUSEBOATER
Definition of HOUSEBOATER
noun
One who lives in a houseboat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From houseboat + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOUSEBOAT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOUSEBOATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOUSEBOATER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start HOUSEBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found HOUSEBOATER?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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