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VACILLATED

10 letters

Definition of VACILLATED

verb

simple past and past participle of vacillate

VACILLATE

verb

To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.

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Word DNA

VACILLATED inherits its ancestry from its root, VACILLATE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

32.9%

of traced words share this origin (9,339)

Italic

branch · 32.9% of traced words

How it is built

verbcompound-atevacill-

Same root, VACILLATE · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VACILLATED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 139
Its one board, across 139 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

mmurphy000

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VACILLATED
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VACILLATED starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEILLTV - 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.

VACILLANTVACILLATEVACILLATESVACILLATORVACILLATINGVACILLATIONVACILLATORSVACILLATORYVACILLATIONSVACILLATINGLY

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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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