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JUKE
Definition of JUKE
noun
A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)).
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.
JUKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
JUKE starts with J and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EJKU - 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 JUKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found JUKE?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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