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JAYWALKS
Definition of JAYWALKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of jaywalk
verb
To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.
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Word DNA
JAYWALKS inherits its ancestry from its root, JAYWALK.
How it is built
Same root, JAYWALK · 3 relatives 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.
JAYWALKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 107 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAYWALKS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAJKLSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JAYWAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found JAYWALKS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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