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TAMBOURINE
Definition of TAMBOURINE
noun
A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
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Where it comes from
From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.
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.
TAMBOURINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAMBOURINE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEIMNORTU - 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 12
Could you have found TAMBOURINE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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