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JATO
Definition of JATO
noun
An auxiliary jet engine in a detachable unit that provides extra power for the takeoff of an aircraft
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Initialism of jet-assisted takeoff.
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.
JATO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 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
JATO starts with J and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AJOT - 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.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found JATO?
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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