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TABOO
Definition of TABOO
noun
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. First attested in c. 1777. The p in the Tongan source was misheard as b.
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.
TABOO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TABOO starts with T and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ABOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TABOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found TABOO?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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