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VATICAL
Definition of VATICAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a prophet; prophetic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin vates a prophet, and + -ical.
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.
VATICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VATICAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found VATICAL?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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