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JARL
Definition of JARL
noun
A medieval Scandinavian nobleman, especially in Norway and Denmark.
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Where it comes from
From Old Norse jarl, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (erilaʀ). Cognates include Old English eorl. Doublet of earl and eorl.
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.
JARL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JARL starts with J and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AJLR - 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 JARL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found JARL?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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