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JOCUNDLY
Definition of JOCUNDLY
adverb
In a jocund manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From jocund + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, JOCUND · 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.
JOCUNDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JOCUNDLY starts with J and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDJLNOUY - 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 34
Could you have found JOCUNDLY?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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