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VARIFOCAL
Definition of VARIFOCAL
adjective
Having a variable focal length, with focus that changes in synchronization.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From vari- + focal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VARIFOCAL · 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.
VARIFOCAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 53, 12 July 2026.
Built from these letters
VARIFOCAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACFILORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VARIFO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found VARIFOCAL?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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