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INDABA
Definition of INDABA
noun
A tribal conference held by Nguni leaders. Any conference, discussion, or meeting. Chiefly in one's own or someone's indaba: a concern, matter, or problem. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Zulu índaba (“affair, issue, matter; piece of news; story”), from ín- (class 9 noun prefix) + -daɓa (stem meaning ‘affair, matter’).
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.
INDABA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INDABA starts with I and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABDIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start INDABA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INDABA?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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