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UNJAM
Definition of UNJAM
verb
To remove a blockage from; to release from being jammed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + jam.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNJAM · 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.
UNJAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNJAM starts with U and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AJMNU - 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 UNJAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found UNJAM?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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