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JUBILATION
Definition of JUBILATION
noun
A triumphant shouting of great happiness; rejoicing, especially as celebratory outbursts; a feeling of joyous exultation.
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Where it comes from
From Old French jubilacion, from Latin iūbilātiō (“a shouting for joy”). Cognate with Spanish jubilación (“retirement”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JUBILATION · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JUBILATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JUBILATION starts with J and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABIIJLNOTU - 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 JUBILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found JUBILATION?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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