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JAVELINA
Definition of JAVELINA
noun
A peccary (Tayassuidae spp.), especially a collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish javalina, jabalina, feminine form of jabalí (“wild boar”), from Andalusian Arabic جَبَلِي (jabalī) (in خِنْزِير جَبَلِيّ (ḵinzīr jabaliyy, “mountain pig”)), from Arabic جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”). Cognate with Portuguese javalina, and similar in other Iberian languages.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (395)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JAVELINA · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Portuguese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JAVELINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JAVELINA starts with J and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEIJLNV - 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 JAVELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found JAVELINA?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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