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VAINGLORY
Definition of VAINGLORY
noun
Excessive vanity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + glōria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English īdel wuldor (“vain glory”) and īdelġielp (“vainglory”).
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.
VAINGLORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VAINGLORY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGILNORVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VAINGL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found VAINGLORY?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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