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SHOWBOAT
Definition of SHOWBOAT
noun
A river steamboat having a resident theatre.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From show + boat.
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.
SHOWBOAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOWBOAT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABHOOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start SHOWBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SHOWBOAT?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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