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JOURNALISTIC
Definition of JOURNALISTIC
adjective
Related to journalism or journalists.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From journal + -istic (“adjective”). Also parsed directly as journalist + -ic (“adjective”), also used in sense of related journalism (having to do with journalism).
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.
JOURNALISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JOURNALISTIC starts with J and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIIJLNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JOURNALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JOURNALISTIC?
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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