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VARICOSITY
Definition of VARICOSITY
noun
An enlarged vessel or nerve, particularly a blood vessel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin varicōsitās, from varicōsus, from varix (“varicose vein”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VARICOSITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARICOSITY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACIIORSTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VARICO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found VARICOSITY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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