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JIBING
Definition of JIBING
verb
present participle and gerund of jibe
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Word DNA
JIBING inherits its ancestry from its root, JIBE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,288)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JIBE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JIBING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 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
JIBING starts with J and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGIIJN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JIBING?
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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