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JAPONICA
Definition of JAPONICA
noun
Any of several plants originally native to Japan. A species of camellia, Camellia japonica. A subspecies of the rice Oryza sativa.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin japō̆nica, the species name.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JAPONICA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAPONICA starts with J and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACIJNOP - 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.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found JAPONICA?
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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