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VARGUENO
Definition of VARGUENO
noun
A decorative cabinet of a kind originating near Toledo in Spain, having a rectangular body supported on legs or an ornamental framework, and a front that opens downwards on hinges to serve as a writing desk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish vargueño or bargueño, from Bargas, the name of the village where it originates.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (957)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VARGUENO · 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.
VARGUENO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 81, 9 August 2026.
Built from these letters
VARGUENO starts with V and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AEGNORUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found VARGUENO?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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