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JALAPENO
Definition of JALAPENO
noun
Alternative spelling of jalapeño.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish jalapeño.
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.
JALAPENO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JALAPENO starts with J and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AAEJLNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found JALAPENO?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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