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JUST
Definition of JUST
adjective
Factually right, correct; factual.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin iūs (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JUST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JUST starts with J and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read JSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start JUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JUST?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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