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VANISH
Definition of VANISH
verb
To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.
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Where it comes from
Aphetic for obsolete evanish, from Middle English evanisshen, esvanisshen, from Old French esvanir, esvaniss- (modern French évanouir), from Vulgar Latin *exvanire (“to vanish, disappear, to fade out”), from Latin ēvānēscō, ēvānēscere, from vānus (“empty”). By surface analysis, Latin vān- + -ish (“verb suffix”). Doublet of evanesce. Displaced native Old English cwincan, whose causative persists as quench (“put out (fire)”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VANISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VANISH starts with V and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHINSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VANISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found VANISH?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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