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JOCUND
Definition of JOCUND
adjective
Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
JOCUND carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality.
Merry; lively; cheerful; blithe; gleeful; gay; mirthful; airy; sprightly; sportive; light-hearted.
Synonyms Jocose, Jocund. See jocose.
Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Where it comes from
From Old French jocond, from Latin iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable”). Doublet of jucund.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
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.
JOCUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 172 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JOCUND starts with J and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDJNOU - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of JOCUND. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start JOCUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JOCUND?
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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