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JETS
Definition of JETS
noun
plural of jet
JET
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Manem.
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Word DNA
JETS inherits its ancestry from its root, JET.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JET · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JETS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EJST - 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 JETS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found JETS?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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