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TABLA
Definition of TABLA
noun
A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hindustani طبلہ / तबला (tablā), from Arabic طَبْلَة (ṭabla). Cognate of Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese tambor.
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.
TABLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TABLA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TABLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found TABLA?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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