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VACATIONER
Definition of VACATIONER
noun
Someone who is on vacation
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From vacation + -er.
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.
VACATIONER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VACATIONER starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACEINORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VACATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VACATIONER?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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