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DEMIJOHNS
Definition of DEMIJOHNS
noun
plural of demijohn
noun
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
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Word DNA
DEMIJOHNS inherits its ancestry from its root, DEMIJOHN.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,297)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEMIJOHN · 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.
DEMIJOHNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMIJOHNS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEHIJMNOS - 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.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found DEMIJOHNS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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