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VARA
Definition of VARA
noun
A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”).
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.
VARA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARA starts with V and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AARV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VARA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VARA?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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