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JUDGE
Definition of JUDGE
noun
A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English juge, jugge, from Old French juge, from Latin iūdex. Displaced native Middle English deme (from Old English dēma (“judge”)) and demere (from Old English dēmere (“judge”)), see also deemer, deemster.
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.
JUDGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JUDGE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEGJU - 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 JUDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JUDGE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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