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JALOUSIE
Definition of JALOUSIE
noun
A component in a ventilation system.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
JALOUSIE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A blind or shutter having adjustable horizontal slats for regulating the passage of air and light.
noun
An obsolete form of jealousy.
noun
A blind or shutter made with slats, which are usually set at an angle so as to exclude the sun and rain while allowing the air to enter.
noun
plural The whole surface or inclosure of a gallery, veranda, or the like, formed of a series of slatted frames (see def. 1), of which some may be fixed and some may open on hinges.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,395)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JALOUSIE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JALOUSIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JALOUSIE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIJLOSU - 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 JALOUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JALOUSIE?
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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