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JEMBE
Definition of JEMBE
noun
Alternative spelling of djembe (“type of drum”).
noun
A large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
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Word DNA
JEMBE inherits its ancestry from its root, DJEMBE.
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 (4,122)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DJEMBE · 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.
JEMBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JEMBE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEEJM - 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.
Could you have found JEMBE?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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