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VAPIDLY

7 letters

Definition of VAPIDLY

adverb

In a vapid manner; not inspiring; in a manner unlikely to make an impression.

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Other senses

VAPIDLY carries 3 further meanings.

  1. In a vapid manner; without animation; insipidly.

  2. adverb

    In a vapid manner; insipidly; pointlessly; not inspiring; in a manner unlikely to make an impression.

  3. adverb

    in a vapid manner

Where it comes from

From vapid + -ly.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adverbcompound-ly

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VAPIDLY in a sentence

“After all, for every genuine inherited talent like Duncan "Zowie Bowie" Jones, there seems to be a Peaches Geldof waiting vapidly in the wings.”

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VAPIDLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 437 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 60 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
60
Boards found on
17
First board
150
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.

Built from these letters

VAPIDLY
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VAPIDLY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADILPVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found VAPIDLY?

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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.

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from The Century Dictionary.

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