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REBEC

/ˈɹiːbɛk/5 letters

Definition of REBEC

noun

An early three-stringed instrument, somewhat like a simple violin only pear shaped, played with a bow and used in Medieval and the early Renaissance eras.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French rebec, alteration of rubebe (see English ribibe), from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

REBEC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 8 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
47
First board
119
Latest board
45
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

phobrek

on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

REBEC
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

REBEC starts with R and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCEER - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start REBEC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

REBECKREBECSREBECKS

Could you have found REBEC?

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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.

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