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JACKBOOT
Definition of JACKBOOT
noun
A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French jaque (“coat of mail”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,288)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JACKBOOT · 3 relatives 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.
JACKBOOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JACKBOOT starts with J and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCJKOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. 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 JACKBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JACKBOOT?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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