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JONGLEUR
Definition of JONGLEUR
noun
An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc.; a troubadour.
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Other senses
JONGLEUR carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A wandering minstrel, poet, or entertainer in medieval England and France.
noun
In medieval France, and in England under the Norman kings, a minstrel who went from place to place singing songs, generally of his own composition and to his own accompaniment; later, a mountebank.
noun
In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who, for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own composition. See Troubadour.
noun
A juggler; a conjuror. See Juggler.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French jongleur. Doublet of juggler.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,125)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JONGLEUR · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JONGLEUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JONGLEUR starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGJLNORU - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of JONGLEUR. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Could you have found JONGLEUR?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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