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AVIFAUNA
Definition of AVIFAUNA
noun
The birds, or all the kinds of birds, inhabiting a region.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin, from Latin avis (“bird”) + New Latin fauna (“animals”), from Latin Faunus (“god of herdsmen”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AVIFAUNA · 2 relatives 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.
AVIFAUNA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AVIFAUNA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAAFINUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AVIFAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AVIFAUNA?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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