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JACOBINS
Definition of JACOBINS
Wiktionary has no entry for JACOBINS itself. This is its base word, JACOBIN.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Jacobin.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for JACOBIN.
From Jacobin, q.v. In reference to birds, via French jacobine, from a supposed resemblance to the Dominicans' formerly standard hood or coloring. In reference to soup, via French soupe à la Jacobine.
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.
JACOBINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JACOBINS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCIJNOS - 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 JACOBINS?
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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