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JINKER
Definition of JINKER
noun
A high wheeled wagon designed to carry lumber suspended under the body of the vehicle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Variant of janker.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, JINK · 3 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.
JINKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JINKER starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIJKNR - 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 JINKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found JINKER?
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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