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VARIFOCALS
Definition of VARIFOCALS
noun
Spectacles having varifocal lenses.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VARIFOCALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARIFOCALS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACFILORSV - 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 47
Could you have found VARIFOCALS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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