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VAURIEN
Definition of VAURIEN
noun
A good-for-nothing; a scoundrel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French vaurien; used by Isaac D'Israeli for the name of the eponymous character of his 1797 novel Vaurien: or Sketches of the Times.
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.
VAURIEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VAURIEN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEINRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VAURIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found VAURIEN?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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