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TARBOOSH
Definition of TARBOOSH
noun
A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš).
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.
TARBOOSH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TARBOOSH starts with T and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABHOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TARBOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TARBOOSH?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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