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VARIOLATING
Definition of VARIOLATING
verb
present participle and gerund of variolate
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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.
VARIOLATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 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 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARIOLATING starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AAGIILNORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start VARIOLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VARIOLATING?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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