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CAVIAR
Definition of CAVIAR
noun
Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy. A food preparation made through the spherification of a flavorful liquid, resulting in small roe-like balls similar in texture and appearance to caviar.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French caviar, from Venetan caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Classical Persian خَاوْیَار (xāwyār). Doublet of ajvar.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Persian
- Turkish
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (500)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAVIAR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CAVIAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CAVIAR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CAVIAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found CAVIAR?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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