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VARECS
Definition of VARECS
Wiktionary has no entry for VARECS itself. This is its base word, VAREC.
noun
The incinerated ash of certain coarse seaweeds, formerly used for the production of soda and iodine, among other compounds.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for VAREC.
French varech; of Teutonic origin. See wrack and compare vraic.
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
7%
of traced words share this origin (1,806)
branch · 15.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VAREC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VARECS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 128, 25 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARECS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACERSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found VARECS?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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