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TAMBURA
Definition of TAMBURA
noun
A type of long-necked lute-like stringed instrument found throughout the world.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Persian تنبور.
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.
TAMBURA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 107, 4 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TAMBURA starts with T and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABMRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TAMBUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAMBURA?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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