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VANDYKES
Definition of VANDYKES
noun
plural of vandyke
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Word DNA
VANDYKES inherits its ancestry from its root, VANDYKE.
How it is built
Same root, VANDYKE · 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.
VANDYKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
VANDYKES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEKNSVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VANDYK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found VANDYKES?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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