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KEMBO
Definition of KEMBO
verb
Alternative form of kimbo (“position the arms akimbo”).
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Word DNA
KEMBO inherits its ancestry from its root, AKIMBO.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (852)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AKIMBO · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KEMBO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KEMBO starts with K and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BEKMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start KEMBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KEMBO?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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