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VAIL
Definition of VAIL
noun
Profit; return; proceeds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vayle, from Old French vail, from valoir (“to be worth”), from Latin valeō (“to be worth”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VAIL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found VAIL?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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