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VARY
Definition of VARY
verb
To change with time or a similar parameter.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English varien, from Old French varier, from Latin variō (“to change, alter, make different”), from varius (“different, various”); see various.
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.
VARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
VARY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ARVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VARY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found VARY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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