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VACUOUSLY
Definition of VACUOUSLY
adverb
In a vacuous manner, lacking thought.
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Another sense
VACUOUSLY carries a second meaning.
adverb
in a vacuous manner
Where it comes from
From vacuous + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
VACUOUSLY in a sentence
“Despite that he knew what he was to see, when he did turn his head and beheld his wife and Sonny, the pair he had seen thieving in the dark, he went suddenly dizzy, and paused, supporting himself with a hand against a pillar, and smiling vacuously at the grouped singing boys who were pulsing the sensuous night into richer sensuousness with their honi kaua wiki-wiki refrain.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VACUOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 190 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VACUOUSLY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACLOSUUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start VACUOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found VACUOUSLY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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