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TUBENOSE
Definition of TUBENOSE
noun
Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From tube + nose.
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.
TUBENOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUBENOSE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEENOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TUBENO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found TUBENOSE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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