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JUMBUCK
Definition of JUMBUCK
noun
A sheep.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown, from pidgin, possibly from an Australian Aboriginal language, although it appears also to have moved from pidgin to Aboriginal. Numerous derivations have been proposed.
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.
JUMBUCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JUMBUCK starts with J and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCJKMUU - 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.
Could you have found JUMBUCK?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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