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JUNGLES
Definition of JUNGLES
noun
plural of jungle
noun
A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
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Word DNA
JUNGLES inherits its ancestry from its root, JUNGLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (747)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JUNGLE · 6 relatives 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.
JUNGLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 52 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 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JUNGLES starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGJLNSU - 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 JUNGLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JUNGLES?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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