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HYLOBATE
Definition of HYLOBATE
noun
Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
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Where it comes from
Ancient Greek This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYLOBATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYLOBATE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEHLOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found HYLOBATE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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