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VACUITY
Definition of VACUITY
noun
Emptiness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
VACUITY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Total absence of matter; emptiness.
noun
An empty space; a vacuum.
noun
Total lack of ideas; emptiness of mind.
noun
Absence of meaningful occupation; idleness.
Where it comes from
From Latin vacuitās (“empty space, vacancy, vacuity”); equivalent to vacu(ous) + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VACUITY · 1 relative 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.
VACUITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 305 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VACUITY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACITUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VACUITY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found VACUITY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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