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VAMOOSING

9 letters

Definition of VAMOOSING

verb

present participle and gerund of vamoose

VAMOOSE

verb

To run away (from); to flee.

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Word DNA

VAMOOSING inherits its ancestry from its root, VAMOOSE.

Line of descent

  1. Spanish
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Spanish

Deepest traced root

12th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.2%

of traced words share this origin (961)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

verb

Same root, VAMOOSE · 4 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.

VAMOOSING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 19 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
33
First board
157
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

robanybody

on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VAMOOSING
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

VAMOOSING starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIMNOOSV - 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 VAMOOSING?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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