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JOCULATORS
Definition of JOCULATORS
noun
plural of joculator
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Word DNA
JOCULATORS inherits its ancestry from its root, JOCULATOR.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JOCULATOR · 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.
JOCULATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JOCULATORS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACJLOORSTU - 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 JOCULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found JOCULATORS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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