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VARMINTS
Definition of VARMINTS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
VARMINTS inherits its ancestry from its root, VARMINT.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,006)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VARMINT · 3 relatives 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.
VARMINTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARMINTS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIMNRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found VARMINTS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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