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JUSTIFY
Definition of JUSTIFY
verb
To provide an acceptable explanation for.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English justifien, from Old French justifier, from Late Latin justificare (“make just”), from Latin justus, iustus (“just”) + ficare (“make”), from facere, equivalent to just + -ify.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JUSTIFY · 1 relative 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.
JUSTIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 133 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JUSTIFY starts with J and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FIJSTUY - 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 JUSTIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found JUSTIFY?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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