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VASODILATION

/ˌvæ.sə(ʊ).daɪˈleɪ.ʃ(ə)n/12 letters

Definition of VASODILATION

noun

Dilation or widening of the blood vessels.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From vaso- + dilation.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun6 syllablescompoundvaso-

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

VASODILATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 19 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
33
First board
149
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

chemoplous

on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VASODILATION
12
Letters
6
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

VASODILATION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADIILNOOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, O and I appear more than once.

Words that start VASODILA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

VASODILATEVASODILATEDVASODILATORVASODILATINGVASODILATORSVASODILATIONSVASODILATATIONVASODILATATIONS

Could you have found VASODILATION?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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