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JOKESTER
Definition of JOKESTER
noun
A person who tells jokes; a joker.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Derived from joke + -ster.
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.
JOKESTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JOKESTER starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEJKORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JOKEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JOKESTER?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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