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VANSIRE
Definition of VANSIRE
noun
An ichneumon, Atilax paludinosus (syn. Herpestes galera), native to Africa and Madagascar. It is reddish brown or dark brown, grizzled with white.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French vansire, from Malagasy vontsira.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,194)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
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.
VANSIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VANSIRE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found VANSIRE?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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