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JAMBIYA
Definition of JAMBIYA
noun
An Arabian (especially Yemeni) dagger with a short curved blade that is worn on a belt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic جَنْبِيَّة (janbiyya).
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.
JAMBIYA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAMBIYA starts with J and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABIJMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JAMBIY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found JAMBIYA?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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