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TAMBOURAS
Definition of TAMBOURAS
noun
plural of tamboura
TAMBURA · via tamboura
noun
A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TAMBOURAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 59 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAMBOURAS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABMORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TAMBOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAMBOURAS?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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