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MBIRAS
Definition of MBIRAS
noun
plural of mbira
noun
A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.
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Word DNA
MBIRAS inherits its ancestry from its root, MBIRA.
How it is built
Same root, MBIRA · 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.
MBIRAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MBIRAS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABIMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found MBIRAS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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