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KOURBASH
Definition of KOURBASH
noun
Alternative spelling of kurbash.
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Word DNA
KOURBASH inherits its ancestry from its root, KURBASH.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
32nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (178)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KURBASH · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KOURBASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
KOURBASH starts with K and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABHKORSU - 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 KOURBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KOURBASH?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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