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BIMBO

/ˈbɪmbəʊ/5 letters

Definition of BIMBO

noun

A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.

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Where it comes from

From Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”), variant of bambino (“child”). Originated in Italian American theater, attested 1919, as “stupid, inconsequential man”, by 1920 developed sense of “floozie, attractive and stupid woman”. Popularized in 1920s by Jack Conway of entertainment magazine Variety, who also popularized baloney (“nonsense”) and palooka (“large stupid man”). Revived in popularity in 1980s US political sex scandals.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BIMBO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 123
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Boards found on
110
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.

Built from these letters

BIMBO
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BIMBO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BBIMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.

Words that start BIMBO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BIMBOSBIMBOES

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