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IMBOSK
Definition of IMBOSK
verb
To hide or conceal oneself
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- (“in”) + bosk (“thicket, small wood”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMBOSK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 46, 5 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMBOSK starts with I and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BIKMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 IMBOSK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found IMBOSK?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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