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JUSTICIAR

/d͡ʒʌsˈtɪsi.ɑː(ɹ)/9 letters

Definition of JUSTICIAR

noun

One who administers justice, particularly:

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Other senses

JUSTICIAR carries 4 further meanings.

  1. noun

    Same as justiciary

  2. noun

    Same as justiciary.

  3. noun

    A high judicial officer in medieval England

  4. noun

    formerly a high judicial officer

Where it comes from

From Late Latin justitiarius and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, justicia mayor, etc.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Spanish
  2. Middle French
  3. Latin
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Spanish

Deepest traced root

12th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.2%

of traced words share this origin (957)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound

Every Spanish word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

JUSTICIAR in a sentence

“Paragon paths: Astral weapon, champion of order, hospitaler, justiciar.”

4e PHB Readthrough – Chapter 4: Classes « Geek Related, 2008

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JUSTICIAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 164
Its 15 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
5
First board
129
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.

First ever to find it

travelgirl

on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

JUSTICIAR
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

JUSTICIAR starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACIIJRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that mean much the same

Near-synonyms of JUSTICIAR. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.

Words that start JUSTIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

JUSTICEJUSTICARJUSTICERJUSTICESJUSTICERSJUSTICIALJUSTICIARSJUSTICIARYJUSTICESHIPJUSTICIABLEJUSTICIABILITY

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from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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