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JAYBIRDS

8 letters

Definition of JAYBIRDS

noun

plural of jaybird

JAYBIRD

noun

A jay or blue jay.

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Another sense

JAYBIRDS carries a second meaning.

  1. noun

    Plural form of jaybird.

Word DNA

JAYBIRDS inherits its ancestry from its root, JAYBIRD.

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, JAYBIRD · 1 relative in the game

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JAYBIRDS in a sentence

“Instead, loins un-girded and roars muted to the level of squabbling jaybirds, Democrats are once again acting like Democrats.”

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [136] -- Girding For Battle, 2010

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

JAYBIRDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 141
Its 17 boards, across 141 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
27
First board
121
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

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 ever to find it

topherookie

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

JAYBIRDS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

JAYBIRDS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDIJRSY - 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 JAYBIR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found JAYBIRDS?

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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