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JOWLY

/ˈd͡ʒaʊli/5 letters

Definition of JOWLY

adjective

Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From jowl + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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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 15 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 101
Its 15 boards, across 101 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
34
First board
100
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

vituperation

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.

Could you have found JOWLY?

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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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