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DJIN
Definition of DJIN
noun
Alternative spelling of djinn.
JINN · via djinn
noun
A human-like spiritual or immaterial being, as opposed to al-ins (people), often invisible but able to manifest in form and also inhabit people or animals; origin of the genie of Western literature, film etc.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DJIN · 1 relative in the game
DJIN in a sentence
“Along the way he has a girl in a hashish garden to rescue, a valley of djin to survive, a giant Snow Ape to defeat, and more.”
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Three-Bladed Doom - Robert E. Howard, 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DJIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 209 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DJIN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DIJN - 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 DJIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DJIN?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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