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JAYBIRD
Definition of JAYBIRD
noun
A jay or blue jay.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From jay + bird.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, JAYBIRD · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JAYBIRD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JAYBIRD starts with J and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDIJRY - 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.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JAYBIRD?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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