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HYPOBOLE

8 letters

Definition of HYPOBOLE

noun

A rhetorical figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make claims against the argument, or in favor of the opposing side, but are then refuted one by one.

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Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ὑποβολή (hupobolḗ, “a throwing under, a suggesting”), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

HYPOBOLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 6 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
72
First board
89
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First found by a player on Day 76, 4 August 2026.

Built from these letters

HYPOBOLE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HYPOBOLE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEHLOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start HYPOBO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HYPOBOLE?

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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