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TABOUR
Definition of TABOUR
noun
Alternative spelling of tabor.
noun
A small drum. In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
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Word DNA
TABOUR inherits its ancestry from its root, TABOR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (465)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TABOR · 11 relatives 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.
TABOUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TABOUR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABORTU - 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.
Words that start TABOUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TABOUR?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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