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JOURNALS
Definition of JOURNALS
noun
plural of journal
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Word DNA
JOURNALS inherits its ancestry from its root, JOURNAL.
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 (24,343)
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.
JOURNALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JOURNALS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AJLNORSU - 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.
Could you have found JOURNALS?
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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