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JUNKYARD

/ˈd͡ʒʌŋkˌjɑɹd/8 letters

Definition of JUNKYARD

noun

A place where rubbish is discarded.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From junk + yard.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

JUNKYARD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 105
Its 6 boards, across 105 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
35
First board
105
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

janie

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

JUNKYARD
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

JUNKYARD starts with J and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADJKNRUY - 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 JUNKYA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found JUNKYARD?

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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