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VAINGLORIOUS
Definition of VAINGLORIOUS
adjective
Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English veinglorious, from Old French vain glorios, from Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VAINGLORIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 261 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VAINGLORIOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGIILNOORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start VAINGLOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found VAINGLORIOUS?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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