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JOCKSTRAP
Definition of JOCKSTRAP
noun
An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compound of (dated slang) jock (“penis”) + strap; from the earlier forms bike jockey strap and jockey strap.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JOCKSTRAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
JOCKSTRAP starts with J and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ACJKOPRST - 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 JOCKST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found JOCKSTRAP?
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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