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JAILHOUSE
Definition of JAILHOUSE
noun
A building containing a prison.
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Where it comes from
From jail + house.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JAILHOUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JAILHOUSE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHIJLOSU - 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 JAILHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found JAILHOUSE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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