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VANADIC
Definition of VANADIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to vanadium, especially to vanadium with an oxidation number of 5.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From vanadium + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
VANADIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VANADIC starts with V and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACDINV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VANADI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VANADIC?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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