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GAMBLE

/ˈɡæm.bəl/6 letters

Definition of GAMBLE

noun

A bet or wager.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From earlier gamel, from Middle English *gamlen, *gamelen, variant of Middle English gamenen, from Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian (“to joke; play”), related to Old English gamen (“joy; mirth; pleasure; entertainment; pastime; sport; game”), equivalent to game + -le. Compare Old Danish gammel, Middle High German gamel (“pleasure; fun”). More at game.

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.

GAMBLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 110
Its 19 boards, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
7
First board
105
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

GAMBLE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GAMBLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEGLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start GAMBLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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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