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SHOWBOATER
Definition of SHOWBOATER
noun
One who showboats; a showoff.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From showboat + -er.
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.
SHOWBOATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOWBOATER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEHOORSTW - 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 31
Could you have found SHOWBOATER?
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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