The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
JAPERY
Definition of JAPERY
noun
Jesting, joking
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From jape + -ery.
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.
JAPERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAPERY starts with J and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEJPRY - 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.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found JAPERY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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