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PAJOCK
Definition of PAJOCK
noun
A peacock, a male peafowl, noted for its large and extravagantly coloured tail.
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Where it comes from
Unknown. First attested in the 16th century, in the writing of William Shakespeare and possibly coined by him.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PAJOCK · 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.
PAJOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 158, 25 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PAJOCK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACJKOP - 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 PAJOCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAJOCK?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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