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JABIRU
Definition of JABIRU
noun
A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a Tupian term such as Old Tupi îabyru, said to mean either "swollen neck" or "one that spits".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, JABIRU · 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.
JABIRU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JABIRU starts with J and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ABIJRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found JABIRU?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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