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JAKES
Definition of JAKES
noun
A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".
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.
JAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAKES starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEJKS - 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 JAKES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found JAKES?
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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