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JOINTWEED
Definition of JOINTWEED
noun
Any member of the genus Polygonella, now included in genus Polygonum of knotweeds and smartweeds, especially Polygonella articulata, now Polygonum articulatum.
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Where it comes from
From joint + weed.
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.
JOINTWEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.
Built from these letters
JOINTWEED starts with J and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEIJNOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JOINTW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JOINTWEED?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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