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VARNA
Definition of VARNA
noun
any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”), from verbal root वृणोति (vṛṇoti, “to choose, select”).
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.
VARNA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 122, 19 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARNA starts with V and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AANRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VARNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VARNA?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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