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VENT
Definition of VENT
noun
An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.
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.
VENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VENT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ENTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found VENT?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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