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VAMOOSED

8 letters

Definition of VAMOOSED

verb

simple past and past participle of vamoose

VAMOOSE

verb

To run away (from); to flee.

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Word DNA

VAMOOSED inherits its ancestry from its root, VAMOOSE.

Line of descent

  1. Spanish
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Spanish

Deepest traced root

11th

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

1.5%

of traced words share this origin (436)

Romance

branch · 15.4% of traced words

How it is built

verb

Same root, VAMOOSE · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VAMOOSED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 28 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
28
Boards found on
30
First board
148
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

sagacity

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VAMOOSED
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

VAMOOSED starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEMOOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start VAMOOS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found VAMOOSED?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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