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JABOT
Definition of JABOT
noun
A cascading or ornamental frill down the front of a blouse, shirt, etc.
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Other senses
JABOT carries 4 further meanings.
noun
An ornamental cascade of ruffles or frills down the front of a shirt, blouse, or dress.
noun
A frilling or ruffle worn by men at the bosom of the shirt in the eighteenth century; also, a frill of lace, or some soft material, arranged down the front of a woman's bodice.
noun
In entomology, the crop of any herbivorous orthopterous insect.
noun
Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French jabot.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,108)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JABOT · 1 relative in the game
JABOT in a sentence
“The jabot is full of double yo’s, with a clearly readable sign.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JABOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JABOT starts with J and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABJOT - 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.
Words that start JABOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JABOT?
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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