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JERBOA
Definition of JERBOA
noun
Any of a number of species comprising the family Dipodidae, native to the deserts of Asia and northern Africa, being a small, jumping rodent with a long tufted tail, very small forefeet and very long hind legs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ). Doublet of gerbil.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (399)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JERBOA · 1 relative 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.
JERBOA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JERBOA starts with J and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABEJOR - 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.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found JERBOA?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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