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JAMBONES
Definition of JAMBONES
Wiktionary has no entry for JAMBONES itself. This is its base word, JAMBON.
noun
A square puff pastry containing ham and cheese.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for JAMBON.
Borrowed from French jambon (“ham”). Doublet of gammon and jamon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,301)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JAMBON · 2 relatives 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.
JAMBONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 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
JAMBONES starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEJMNOS - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start JAMBON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JAMBONES?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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