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JOSTLE
Definition of JOSTLE
verb
To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally justle (“to have sex with”), formed from Middle English jousten, from the Old French joster (“to joust”), from Latin iuxtā (“next to”), from iungō (“join, connect”), equivalent to joust + -le.
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.
JOSTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JOSTLE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EJLOST - 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 JOSTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JOSTLE?
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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