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JARS
Definition of JARS
noun
plural of jar
JAR
noun
An earthenware container, either with two or no handles, for holding oil, water, wine, etc., or used for burial.
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Word DNA
JARS 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 (1,104)
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.
JARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
JARS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AJRS - 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.
Could you have found JARS?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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