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YNAMBU
Definition of YNAMBU
noun
A bird of South America, Rhynchotus rufescens, the red-winged tinamou.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Paraguayan Guarani ynambu, from Tupian inambú.
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.
YNAMBU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YNAMBU starts with Y and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ABMNUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found YNAMBU?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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