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DJEMBE
Definition of DJEMBE
noun
A large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French djembé, from Mandinka jembe which derives from the Bambara language, "djé" is the verb for "gather" and "bé" translates as "peace." As a result, "Anke djé, anke bé" which translates to "everyone gather together in peace" and defines the drum's purpose.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,111)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DJEMBE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DJEMBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DJEMBE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEEJM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found DJEMBE?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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