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JAVA
Definition of JAVA
noun
A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Java, an island on and near which a particular blend of coffee is made. The US use of the term to refer to any coffee originated in San Francisco, an early center of the US coffee trade.
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.
JAVA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JAVA starts with J and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAJV - 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 5
Could you have found JAVA?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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