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VARMINT
Definition of VARMINT
noun
A pestilent or predatory ground-borne animal, especially one that kills or harasses a farmer's animals or crops.
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Where it comes from
Dialectal form of vermin, derived from Latin vermis (“worm”), c. 1530–1540s. Perhaps influenced by Latin vargus (“bandit, outlaw, scoundrel”), though the pronunciation in /ɑː(ɹ)/ is more likely due to the same lowering of /ɛr/ > /ar/ found in carve < Middle English kerven and starve < Middle English sterven. The final syllable is probably altered after -ment; compare parchment < Middle English parchemyn.
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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.
VARMINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARMINT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AIMNRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found VARMINT?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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