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JAVELINS
Definition of JAVELINS
noun
plural of javelin
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Word DNA
JAVELINS inherits its ancestry from its root, JAVELIN.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (79)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JAVELIN · 2 relatives 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.
JAVELINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 150 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
JAVELINS starts with J and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIJLNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. 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 JAVELINS?
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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