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JIGABOO
Definition of JIGABOO
noun
A black person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly an African word akin to Bantu tshikabo (“they bow the head docilely”). Alternatively, perhaps from jig, formed similarly to bug and bugaboo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JIGABOO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JIGABOO starts with J and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ABGIJOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found JIGABOO?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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