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VANADIUMS
Definition of VANADIUMS
noun
plural of vanadium
noun
A chemical element (symbol V) with atomic number 23; it is a transition metal, used in the production of special steels.
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Word DNA
VANADIUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, VANADIUM.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VANADIUM · 1 relative 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.
VANADIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VANADIUMS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADIMNSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 VANADI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found VANADIUMS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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