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JISM
Definition of JISM
noun
Spirit or energy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally US English; first attested with the meaning “energy” in 1842, and with the meaning “semen” in c.1888. For semantic development, compare spunk. Perhaps ultimately from British dialect chism, chissom (“a shoot, sprout, sprig”). Unlikely to be related to Arabic جِسْم (jism, “body”) (or its derivative Hindi जिस्म (jisma)).
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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.
JISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JISM starts with J and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read IJMS - 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 JISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JISM?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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