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JUNIORS
Definition of JUNIORS
noun
plural of junior
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Word DNA
JUNIORS inherits its ancestry from its root, JUNIOR.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JUNIOR · 2 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.
JUNIORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
JUNIORS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IJNORSU - 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 JUNIOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JUNIORS?
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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