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JARGONIST
Definition of JARGONIST
noun
Someone who overuses jargon; one who uses cant or slang.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From jargon + -ist.
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.
JARGONIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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
JARGONIST starts with J and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGIJNORST - 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 JARGON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found JARGONIST?
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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