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JANSKY
Definition of JANSKY
noun
A non-SI unit (symbol Jy) measuring electromagnetic flux density equal to 10 watts per square meter per hertz.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after radio astronomer Karl Guthe Jansky.
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.
JANSKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JANSKY starts with J and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AJKNSY - 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 JANSKY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JANSKY?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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