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ADJOIN
Definition of ADJOIN
verb
To share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).
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Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman adjoindre, from Latin adiungō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADJOIN · 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.
ADJOIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADJOIN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADIJNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ADJOIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ADJOIN?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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