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JAGUAR
Definition of JAGUAR
noun
A carnivorous spotted large cat native to South and Central America, Panthera onca.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Portuguese jaguar, from Old Tupi îagûara.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (267)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JAGUAR · 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.
JAGUAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JAGUAR starts with J and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAGJRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JAGUAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JAGUAR?
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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