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VAGARIES
Definition of VAGARIES
noun
plural of vagary
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Word DNA
VAGARIES inherits its ancestry from its root, VAGARY.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VAGARY · 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.
VAGARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 469 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VAGARIES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEGIRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VAGARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found VAGARIES?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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