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VACCINIAS
Definition of VACCINIAS
noun
plural of vaccinia
VACCINIA
noun
An infection of cowpox.
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Word DNA
VACCINIAS inherits its ancestry from its root, VACCINIA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VACCINIA · 3 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.
VACCINIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
Built from these letters
VACCINIAS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACCIINSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, C and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start VACCIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VACCINIAS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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