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JODEL
Definition of JODEL
verb
Alternative spelling of yodel
verb
To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.
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Word DNA
JODEL inherits its ancestry from its root, YODEL.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,598)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YODEL · 14 relatives 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.
JODEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JODEL starts with J and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DEJLO - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start JODEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JODEL?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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