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VENEFICALLY
Definition of VENEFICALLY
Wiktionary has no entry for VENEFICALLY itself. This is its base word, VENEFICAL.
adjective
Obsolete form of veneficial.
VENEFICIAL
adjective
Poisonous or poisoning; pertaining to poison; malignant, sorcerous.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for VENEFICAL.
Latin veneficus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VENEFICALLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENEFICALLY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFILLNVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start VENEFIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VENEFICALLY?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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