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STICKJAW
Definition of STICKJAW
noun
Food that is difficult to chew or swallow, such as toffee or pudding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stick + jaw.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STICKJAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STICKJAW starts with S and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACIJKSTW - 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 STICKJ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STICKJAW?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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