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VARIOLATES
Definition of VARIOLATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of variolate
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Word DNA
VARIOLATES inherits its ancestry from its root, VARIOLATE.
How it is built
Same root, VARIOLATE · 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.
VARIOLATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARIOLATES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEILORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VARIOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VARIOLATES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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