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JAMBEE
Definition of JAMBEE
noun
A light walking cane that was fashionable in the eighteenth century. It apparently came from the Calamus plants.
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Where it comes from
See jamb. Compare Old French jamboier (“to walk”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JAMBEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 73 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAMBEE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEJM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JAMBEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JAMBEE?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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