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JOYOUS
Definition of JOYOUS
adjective
Full of joy; happy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English joyous, joious, from Old French joieus, from joie + -eus.
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.
JOYOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 114 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
JOYOUS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read JOOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JOYOUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found JOYOUS?
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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