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JUGULAR
Definition of JUGULAR
adjective
Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat. Of or pertaining to the jugular vein.
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Where it comes from
Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum + -ar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JUGULAR · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JUGULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 171 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JUGULAR starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AGJLRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JUGULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found JUGULAR?
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