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LUMBERJACK
Definition of LUMBERJACK
noun
A person whose work is to fell trees.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LUMBERJACK · 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.
LUMBERJACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUMBERJACK starts with L and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCEJKLMRU - 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 LUMBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUMBERJACK?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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