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JAUNDICE
Definition of JAUNDICE
noun
A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English jaundis, jaunis, from Middle French jaunisse, from jaune (“yellow”) + -isse (“-ness”). Jaune, from Old French jalne, from Latin galbinus (“yellowish”), from galbus (“yellow”).
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.
JAUNDICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 378 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JAUNDICE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIJNU - 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 JAUNDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found JAUNDICE?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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