The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

THEBE

5 letters

Definition of THEBE

noun

A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a pula.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Tswana thebe (“shield”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, THEBE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

THEBE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 129
Its 2 boards, across 129 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
97
First board
121
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.

Built from these letters

THEBE
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

THEBE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEHT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start THEBE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found THEBE?

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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.

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