The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
REBEC
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.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French rebec, alteration of rubebe (see English ribibe), from Arabic رَبَاب (rabāb).
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.
REBEC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
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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