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GAMBIT
Definition of GAMBIT
noun
An opening in chess in which material is sacrificed to gain an advantage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian gambetto (“act of tripping; gambit”), from gamba (“leg”) + -etto (diminutive suffix). First attested in 1656.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,299)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAMBIT · 3 relatives 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.
GAMBIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 250 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GAMBIT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABGIMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GAMBIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found GAMBIT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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