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JAUNT
Definition of JAUNT
noun
A wearisome journey.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain. Perhaps a palatalised alteration of daunt (“to discourage”). Compare Scots jaunder (“to ramble, jaunt to taunt, jeer”), dialectal Swedish ganta (“to play the buffoon, romp, jest”); perhaps akin to English jump. Compare jaunce. Modern usage likely influenced by jaunty.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, JAUNT · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JAUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JAUNT starts with J and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AJNTU - 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.
Words that start JAUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found JAUNT?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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