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VACANCY
Definition of VACANCY
noun
An unoccupied position or job.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacance.
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.
VACANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VACANCY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACCNVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.
Words that start VACANC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VACANCY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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