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JOKING
Definition of JOKING
verb
present participle and gerund of joke
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JOKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JOKING starts with J and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIJKNO - 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.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found JOKING?
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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