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ADJUSTER
Definition of ADJUSTER
noun
One who adjusts something, especially the amount of compensation due in an insurance claim.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From adjust + -er.
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.
ADJUSTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ADJUSTER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEJRSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ADJUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ADJUSTER?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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