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JOBSWORTH
Definition of JOBSWORTH
noun
A person who upholds trivial rules unnecessarily and obstructively in order to exercise their (typically minor) authority.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A compound of job + -s- + worth, derived from the phrase “It’s more than me job’s worth” or “... my job’s worth” as used in denial of a request by a functionary, chiefly popularized by Jeremy Taylor's 1973 song “Jobsworth” and the 1973–1994 BBC television series That’s Life! which focused on consumer affairs and gave a “Jobsworth of the Week” award to “a startling tale of going by the book”.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
JOBSWORTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JOBSWORTH starts with J and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHJOORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JOBSWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JOBSWORTH?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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