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VAGAL

/ˈveɪɡəl/5 letters

Definition of VAGAL

adjective

Of or relating to the vagus nerve.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From vagus + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-al

Same root, VAGUS · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VAGAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 252 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 52 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
52
Boards found on
9
First board
156
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

VAGAL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VAGAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAGLV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start VAGAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found VAGAL?

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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.

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