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JOCUNDITY
Definition of JOCUNDITY
noun
The state of being jocund.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English jocundite, from Middle French jocundité, from Late Latin iōcunditās. By surface analysis, jocund + -ity. Doublet of jucundity.
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.
JOCUNDITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
JOCUNDITY starts with J and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDIJNOTUY - 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 JOCUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JOCUNDITY?
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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