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JOCULAR
Definition of JOCULAR
adjective
Humorous, amusing or joking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin iocularis, from ioculus (“a little jest”), diminutive of iocus (“a jest”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
JOCULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 581 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JOCULAR starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACJLORU - 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 JOCULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found JOCULAR?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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