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ELEPHANT
Definition of ELEPHANT
noun
A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English elefant, elefaunt, from Old French elefant, elefan, olifant, re-latinized in Middle French as elephant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās) (gen. ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos)). Believed to be derived from an Afroasiatic form such as Proto-Berber *eḷu (“elephant”) (compare Tamahaq êlu, Tamasheq alu) or Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant; ivory”). More at ivory. Replaced Middle English olifant (from the aforementioned Old French form, from Vulgar Latin *olifantus), which replaced Old English elpend (“elephant”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ELEPHANT · 3 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.
ELEPHANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ELEPHANT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEEHLNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ELEPHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ELEPHANT?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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