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XEBEC
Definition of XEBEC
noun
A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French chebec, from Spanish xabeque or Catalan xabec or Italian sciabecco, from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk, “fishing-net”). Not to confuse with the sambuq, an Indian-Sea vessel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (380)
branch · 1.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, XEBEC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
XEBEC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
XEBEC starts with X and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCEEX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found XEBEC?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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