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GUAIACUM
Definition of GUAIACUM
noun
Any of a number of species of tree of the genus Guaiacum, native to the West Indies and parts of the Americas.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin, from Spanish guayacán.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (438)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUAIACUM · 1 relative 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.
GUAIACUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUAIACUM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AACGIMUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and A appear more than once.
Words that start GUAIAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUAIACUM?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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