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GIBES
Definition of GIBES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of gibe
GYBE · via gibe
verb
To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GIBE · 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.
GIBES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GIBES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEGIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found GIBES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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