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JERBOAS
Definition of JERBOAS
noun
plural 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.
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Another sense
JERBOAS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of jerboa.
Word DNA
JERBOAS inherits its ancestry from its root, JERBOA.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,100)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JERBOA · 1 relative in the game
JERBOAS in a sentence
“Incidentally, most of the cervical vertebrae in jerboas are fused together as well, and in some dwarf jerboas the first three dorsal vertebrae are also fused together, and to the fused cervicals.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JERBOAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JERBOAS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEJORS - 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 27
Could you have found JERBOAS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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