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JEBEL
Definition of JEBEL
noun
A hill, a mountain .
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French djebel, from Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,114)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JEBEL · 3 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.
JEBEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JEBEL starts with J and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEEJL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found JEBEL?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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