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ANCHOVETA
Definition of ANCHOVETA
noun
An anchovy of species Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish anchoveta, diminutive of anchova (“anchovy”). Compare anchovette.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (437)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANCHOVETA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ANCHOVETA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEHNOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANCHOV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found ANCHOVETA?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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