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JACKAROO
Definition of JACKAROO
noun
A white man living outside of a white settlement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Obscure. Possibly from an Aboriginal term meaning wandering white man.
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.
JACKAROO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JACKAROO starts with J and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AACJKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JACKAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JACKAROO?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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