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FAVA
Definition of FAVA
noun
A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of plants of species Vicia faba or the plant itself.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian fava. Cognate with Portuguese fava and Spanish haba (“broad bean”). Doublet of bean.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,315)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FAVA · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAVA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAVA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAFV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FAVA?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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