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JUNCO
Definition of JUNCO
noun
Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”). Doublet of juncus and possibly junk. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Semantic shift? Or simply borrowed from translingual Junco?”
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JUNCO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JUNCO starts with J and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CJNOU - 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.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JUNCO?
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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