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VARIOLATE
Definition of VARIOLATE
adjective
Having the pitted appearance of smallpox.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From variola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VARIOLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
VARIOLATE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEILORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VARIOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found VARIOLATE?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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