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VAGABOND
Definition of VAGABOND
noun
A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French vagabond, from Late Latin vagābundus, from Latin vagari (“wander”). Compare moribund.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VAGABOND · 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.
VAGABOND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 179 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VAGABOND starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDGNOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VAGABO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found VAGABOND?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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