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JOURNAL
Definition of JOURNAL
noun
A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English journal, from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“daily”), from Old French jornel (“day”) (whence modern French journal), from Latin diurnālis, from diurnus (“of the day”). Doublet of diurnal and the journal from French.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JOURNAL · 11 relatives 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.
JOURNAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JOURNAL starts with J and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AJLNORU - 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 JOURNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found JOURNAL?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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