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SHOWBOATED
Definition of SHOWBOATED
verb
simple past and past participle of showboat
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOWBOATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOWBOATED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEHOOSTW - 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.
Could you have found SHOWBOATED?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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