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BEBOP
Definition of BEBOP
noun
An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of earlier rebop, nonsense syllables used in scat singing in the 1940s. Compare doo be doo be doo, doo-wop, etc.
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.
BEBOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BEBOP starts with B and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read BBEOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Words that start BEBOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BEBOP?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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