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VENALITY
Definition of VENALITY
noun
The fact or state of being for sale, especially with reference to bribes or corruption.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From venal + -ity, from French vénalité or Latin vēnālitās, from vēnālis (“venal”), from vēnum; compare English vend.
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.
VENALITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 117 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENALITY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILNTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found VENALITY?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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