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WALKABOUT
Definition of WALKABOUT
noun
A period, often extended, during which an Aboriginal person left a station or settlement to travel on country, typically seasonally or for traditional cultural reasons; a journey by foot taken by an Aboriginal as a temporary withdrawal from white society.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from walk about, originally in Australian Pidgin English.
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.
WALKABOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WALKABOUT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AABKLOTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found WALKABOUT?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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