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TIMBREL
Definition of TIMBREL
noun
An ancient percussion instrument rather like a simple tambourine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Diminutive of Old French timbre, from Latin tympanum.
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.
TIMBREL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
TIMBREL starts with T and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEILMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TIMBRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TIMBREL?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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