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JINGKOES
Definition of JINGKOES
Wiktionary has no entry for JINGKOES itself. This is its base word, JINGKO.
noun
Alternative spelling of gingko.
GINKGO · via gingko
noun
Any trees native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
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Word DNA
JINGKOES inherits its ancestry from its root, GINKGO.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (155)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GINKGO · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JINGKOES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 83, 11 August 2026.
Built from these letters
JINGKOES starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIJKNOS - 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.
Words that start JINGKO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JINGKOES?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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