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JUNK
Definition of JUNK
noun
Miscellaneous items of little value, especially discarded or unwanted items.
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Where it comes from
From earlier meaning "old refuse from boats and ships", from Middle English junk, jounke, jonk, joynk (“an old cable or rope”, nautical term), sometimes cut into bits and used as caulking; of uncertain origin; perhaps related to join, joint, juncture. Often compared to Middle English junk, jonk, jonke, junck (“a rush; basket made of rushes”), from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus (“rush, reed”); however, the Oxford English Dictionary finds "no evidence of connexion".
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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.
JUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JUNK starts with J and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read JKNU - 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 JUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found JUNK?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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