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VENDACE
Definition of VENDACE
noun
Either of two types of whitefish, Coregonus albula and Coregonus vandesius.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots vendace, from Middle Scots *vendois, *vendis, from Middle French vendoise, vandoise (“dace”), from Old French vendoise, vandoise, from Late Latin *vindēsia, *vindisia, from Gaulish *windēsyā, from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”). Compare modern French vandoise (“dace”).
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.
VENDACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 102, 30 August 2026.
Built from these letters
VENDACE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEENV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found VENDACE?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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