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JADE
Definition of JADE
noun
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l'éjade (“jade”), from Spanish piedra de ijada (“flank stone”), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (“flank”). (Jade was thought to cure pains in the side.)
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.
JADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JADE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEJ - 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 JADE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JADE?
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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