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JOWLY

/ˈd͡ʒaʊli/5 letters

Definition of JOWLY

adjective

Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.

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Other senses

JOWLY carries 3 further meanings.

  1. adjective

    Having heavy or sagging jowls.

  2. adjective

    Having conspicuous jowls.

  3. adjective

    having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw

Where it comes from

From jowl + -y.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

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JOWLY in a sentence

“And for example, the dog has a "jowly" mouth on the sides where it sort of droops.”

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

JOWLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 175 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 19 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
34
First board
142
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

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on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

JOWLY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

JOWLY starts with J and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read JLOWY - 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.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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