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GUAVA
Definition of GUAVA
noun
A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Recorded since 1555, from Spanish guayaba, from Taíno *wayaba. Doublet of guayaba, which is now rare or obsolete.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (459)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUAVA · 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.
GUAVA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 255 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GUAVA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAGUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found GUAVA?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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