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ADJUNCT
Definition of ADJUNCT
noun
An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.
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.
ADJUNCT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 127 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ADJUNCT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDJNTU - 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 ADJUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADJUNCT?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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