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VASCULAR

/ˈvæskjələ/8 letters

Definition of VASCULAR

adjective

Relating to the flow of fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap, through the body of an animal or plant, or to the vessels that carry such fluids

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Where it comes from

From New Latin vasculāris, from Latin vasculum, diminutive of vas (“vessel”).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,696)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllables

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VASCULAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 385 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 56 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
56
Boards found on
8
First board
148
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

VASCULAR
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VASCULAR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACLRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start VASCUL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

VASCULAVASCULUMVASCULUMSVASCULARLYVASCULATEDVASCULITISVASCULARISEVASCULARITYVASCULARIZEVASCULATIONVASCULATUREVASCULIFORM

Could you have found VASCULAR?

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