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JICAMA
Definition of JICAMA
noun
The edible root of the yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) used in salads in Central America and as a snack in Mexico.
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Other senses
JICAMA carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A crisp, sweet turnip-shaped root vegetable (Pachyrhizus erosus) used raw in salads or cooked in stews.
noun
In Mexico, a name applied to several edible roots, especially to that of the yam-bean, Cacara erosa, a leguminous plant with a sweetish, turnip-like root, which may be eaten either raw or cooked. This plant is now widely spread throughout the tropics.
noun
The edible root of the yam bean, Pachyrhizus erosus, used in salads in Central America.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish jícama, from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (120)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, JICAMA · 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.
JICAMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 99 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 31 days.
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
JICAMA starts with J and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACIJM - 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 JICAMA?
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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