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GARBLE
Definition of GARBLE
verb
To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ (ḡarbala, “to sift”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,100)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GARBLE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GARBLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GARBLE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEGLR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GARBLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found GARBLE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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