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JIRD
Definition of JIRD
noun
Any of various agricultural pest rodents of genus Meriones or rodents of certain species in the genera Sekeetamys, Brachiones, and sometimes Pachyuromys.
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Where it comes from
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Probably from Arabic جُرَذ (juraḏ, “a rat”) in a vulgar pronunciation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,060)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JIRD · 1 relative 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.
JIRD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JIRD starts with J and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIJR - 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.
Could you have found JIRD?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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