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VAUNT
Definition of VAUNT
verb
To speak boastfully.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).
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.
VAUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VAUNT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ANTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VAUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found VAUNT?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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