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ADJUTANCY
Definition of ADJUTANCY
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From adjutant + -cy.
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.
ADJUTANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ADJUTANCY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACDJNTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ADJUTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found ADJUTANCY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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