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JIGSAWN
Definition of JIGSAWN
verb
past participle of jigsaw
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JIGSAWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JIGSAWN starts with J and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGIJNSW - 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 JIGSAW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found JIGSAWN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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