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JOKER
Definition of JOKER
noun
A person who makes jokes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From joke + -er, but in the sense of a playing card possibly by alteration of German Jucker, also the origin of the name of the card game euchre.
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.
JOKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 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 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JOKER starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EJKOR - 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.
Could you have found JOKER?
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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