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JEMBES
Definition of JEMBES
noun
plural of jembe
DJEMBE · via jembe
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
JEMBES 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.
JEMBES 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 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 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
JEMBES starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEJMS - 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 JEMBES?
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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