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SABOTEUR
Definition of SABOTEUR
noun
A person who intentionally causes the destruction of property in order to hinder the efforts of their enemy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French saboteur.
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.
SABOTEUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SABOTEUR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SABOTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SABOTEUR?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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