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JYNXES
Definition of JYNXES
Wiktionary has no entry for JYNXES itself. This is its base word, JYNX.
noun
A bird, the wryneck, once thought a bird of ill omen (Jynx torquilla).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for JYNX.
An adaptation of the Latin iynx (“wryneck”), itself an adaptation of the Ancient Greek ἴϋγξ (íünx, “Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla; spell or charm; passionate yearning”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JYNX · 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.
JYNXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JYNXES starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EJNSXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J and X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found JYNXES?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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