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VARAN
Definition of VARAN
noun
The monitor lizard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Derived from French varan. Doublet of worral.
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.
VARAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
VARAN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AANRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VARAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found VARAN?
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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