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VAGARY
Definition of VAGARY
noun
An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
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Other senses
VAGARY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
An unpredictable development or change of circumstances.
“the vagaries of mountain weather; the vagaries of business travel.”
noun
An extravagant or erratic notion or action.
“could not explain the vagaries of his behavior.”
To gad; range.
noun
A wandering or strolling.
Where it comes from
From Italian vagare (“wander”) and/or its source Latin vagārī (“to wander”), from Latin vagus (“wandering”). Later apparently reinterpreted in English as vague + -ery but without changing the spelling. By surface analysis, Latin vag(us) + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (9,711)
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.
VAGARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 250 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VAGARY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAGRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VAGARY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found VAGARY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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