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AMBO
Definition of AMBO
noun
A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin ambō, from Ancient Greek ἄμβων (ámbōn).
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.
AMBO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMBO starts with A and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ABMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AMBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AMBO?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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