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HYAENA
Definition of HYAENA
noun
Dated spelling of hyena.
noun
Any of the medium-sized to large feliform carnivores of the family Hyaenidae, native to Africa and Asia and noted for the sound similar to laughter which they can make if excited.
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Word DNA
HYAENA inherits its ancestry from its root, HYENA.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HYENA · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYAENA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYAENA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEHNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found HYAENA?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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