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JEWELS
Definition of JEWELS
noun
plural of jewel
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Word DNA
JEWELS inherits its ancestry from its root, JEWEL.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,133)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JEWEL · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JEWELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
JEWELS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEJLSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found JEWELS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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