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VAMPIRE
Definition of VAMPIRE
noun
A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr / ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь, further possibly from Proto-Turkic *ōpur (“glutton, witch, evil spirit”), or from native construction. Doublet of dhampir and oupire.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
44th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (65)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VAMPIRE · 14 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VAMPIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VAMPIRE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VAMPIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found VAMPIRE?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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