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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.
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Other senses
XEBEC carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A small three-masted Mediterranean vessel with both square and lateen sails.
noun
A small three-masted vessel, formerly much used by the Algerine corsairs, and now in use to some extent in Mediterranean commerce.
noun
A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and convex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise, etc. It carries large square sails, or both. Xebecs were formerly armed and used by corsairs.
noun
A small, three-masted Mediterranean transport ship
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
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,122)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, XEBEC · 5 relatives 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 12 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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?
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