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REBUKE
Definition of REBUKE
noun
A harsh criticism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English rebuken, from Anglo-Norman rebuker (“to beat back, repel”), from re- + Old French *buker, buchier, buschier (“to strike, hack down, chop”), from busche (“wood”), from Vulgar Latin *busca (“wood, grove”), from Frankish *busk (“grove”), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush”); equivalent to re- + bush.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REBUKE · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REBUKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
REBUKE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEKRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start REBUKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found REBUKE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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