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USQUEBAE
Definition of USQUEBAE
noun
Obsolete spelling of usquebaugh .
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
USQUEBAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
USQUEBAE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEQSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start USQUEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found USQUEBAE?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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