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TAMBOUR
Definition of TAMBOUR
noun
A small shallow drum. A drummer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French tambour (“drum”), from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tabor and tanbur. Compare Armenian տաւիղ (tawiġ), and tabla.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 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, TAMBOUR · 4 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.
TAMBOUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 94 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAMBOUR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABMORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TAMBOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found TAMBOUR?
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