The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
JINKERS
Definition of JINKERS
noun
plural of jinker
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Word DNA
JINKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, JINKER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JINKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
JINKERS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIJKNRS - 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 51
Could you have found JINKERS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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