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VEINOUS
Definition of VEINOUS
adjective
Having prominent veins.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
VEINOUS carries 4 further meanings.
Same as venous or veiny
In botany and zoology, veined; provided with veins or nerves.
adjective
Marked with veins; veined; veiny.
adjective
Having veins
Where it comes from
From vein + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
VEINOUS in a sentence
“Stern thinks of "crimson-tipped hands pressed into the loose pale flesh of his own back," and later observes a "rosy tumescent glow and throbbing veinous parts."”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VEINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 194 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VEINOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VEINOUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found VEINOUS?
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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