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JOLTING

/ˈd͡ʒəʊltɪŋ/7 letters

Definition of JOLTING

adjective

Causing or characterized by sudden abrupt movements.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From jolt + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

JOLTING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 13 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
5
First board
105
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.

Built from these letters

JOLTING
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

JOLTING starts with J and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIJLNOT - 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 JOLTIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

JOLTINGLY

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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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.

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