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JEER
Definition of JEER
noun
A mocking remark or reflection.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier gyr, probably from Dutch gieren (“to roar with laughter, laugh loudly”) (related to German gieren (“to gape, snap”)); or from Dutch gekscheren (“to jeer”, literally “to shear the fool”), from gek (“a fool”) (see geck) + scheren (“to shear”) (see shear (verb)). The OED states no verifiable connection to English cheer.
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.
JEER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
JEER starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEJR - 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.
Words that start JEER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JEER?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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