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JAYVEE
Definition of JAYVEE
noun
A member of a junior varsity team.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Phonetic respelling of the initialism JV; compare deejay.
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.
JAYVEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAYVEE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEJVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. 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.
Could you have found JAYVEE?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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