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VACUOLE
Definition of VACUOLE
noun
A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).
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.
VACUOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
VACUOLE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELOUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VACUOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VACUOLE?
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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