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JOINTURE
Definition of JOINTURE
noun
A joining; a joint.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English joynture, from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of juncture.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JOINTURE · 2 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.
JOINTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JOINTURE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIJNORTU - 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 JOINTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found JOINTURE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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