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VACILLANT
Definition of VACILLANT
adjective
That vacillates; wavering; fluctuating; not constant
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vacillans, present participle of vacillare. Compare French vacillant. See vacillate. By surface analysis, Latin vacill- + -ant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VACILLANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VACILLANT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACILLNTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start VACILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VACILLANT?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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