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VATIC
Definition of VATIC
adjective
Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
VATIC carries 3 further meanings.
adjective
Of or characteristic of a prophet; oracular.
Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from a prophet or seer; prophetic; oracular; inspired.
adjective
resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
“a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions”
Where it comes from
From Latin vates (“seer, poet”) + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
VATIC in a sentence
“I'm very fond of the Fourth World series, and even enjoy the aspect of them that is most often mocked, Kirby's peculiar writing style, which to my ears at least has a kind of vatic poetry.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VATIC starts with V and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACITV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VATIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found VATIC?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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