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ADJUST

/əˈd͡ʒʌst/6 letters

Definition of ADJUST

verb

To modify.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- + just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus; if so, it is a doublet of adjute.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 5 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
18
First board
86
Latest board
45
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

nanabnana

on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ADJUST
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ADJUST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADJSTU - 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 ADJUST

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ADJUSTSADJUSTEDADJUSTERADJUSTORADJUSTERSADJUSTINGADJUSTIVEADJUSTORSADJUSTABLEADJUSTABLYADJUSTMENTADJUSTMENTS

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