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VADOSE
Definition of VADOSE
adjective
Of or pertaining to water beneath the surface of the earth which is located above the level of the permanent groundwater.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin vadosus.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VADOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
VADOSE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found VADOSE?
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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