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JOLTING
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).
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.
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 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.
Could you have found JOLTING?
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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