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JARFULS
Definition of JARFULS
noun
plural of jarful
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Word DNA
JARFULS inherits its ancestry from its root, JAR.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,061)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JAR · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Portuguese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JARFULS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JARFULS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFJLRSU - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found JARFULS?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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