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GOMBEEN
Definition of GOMBEEN
noun
Usury.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Irish gaimbín (“monetary interest”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GOMBEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
GOMBEEN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BEEGMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GOMBEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found GOMBEEN?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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