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HAJI

4 letters

Definition of HAJI

noun

Alternative spelling of hajji.

HAJJI

noun

A Muslim who has participated in a hajj.

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Word DNA

HAJI inherits its ancestry from its root, HAJJI.

Line of descent

  1. Arabic
  2. Persian
  3. Turkish
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Arabic

Deepest traced root

11th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.4%

of traced words share this origin (1,104)

Semitic

branch · 2.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, HAJJI · 6 relatives in the game

Every Arabic word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HAJI in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 22 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
27
First board
158
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

lucasthornsy

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

HAJI
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

HAJI starts with H and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AHIJ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start HAJI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found HAJI?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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