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WIMBLE

/ˈwɪm.bəl/6 letters

Definition of WIMBLE

noun

Any of various hand tools for boring holes.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English wymble, wymbel. Compare Middle Dutch wimmel, Middle Low German wimel, wemel.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WIMBLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 21 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
37
First board
110
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

butterdog

on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WIMBLE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WIMBLE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEILMW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start WIMBLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WIMBLE?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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