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JEAN
Definition of JEAN
noun
Denim.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.
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.
JEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JEAN starts with J and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEJN - 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 JEAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JEAN?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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