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VARNISHER
Definition of VARNISHER
noun
Agent noun of varnish; one who varnishes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From varnish + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VARNISH · 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.
VARNISHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
Built from these letters
VARNISHER starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHINRRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R 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 VARNIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VARNISHER?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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