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OUABAIN
Definition of OUABAIN
noun
A poisonous cardiac glycoside, g-strophanthin, found in the seeds of certain lianas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ouaba(io) + -in, after French ouabain, ultimately from Somali waabaayo, meaning "arrow poison".
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.
OUABAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 81, 9 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OUABAIN starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABINOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found OUABAIN?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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