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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).
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 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 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.
Words that start JEBEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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