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VENAL
Definition of VENAL
adjective
Venous; pertaining to veins.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vēna (“vein”) + -al.
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.
VENAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 212 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VENAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VENAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found VENAL?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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