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VENTOUSE
Definition of VENTOUSE
noun
A cupping glass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly continuing Middle English ventouse, ventuse, ventose, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman ventuse; or perhaps a reborrowing directly from French ventouse, or both.
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.
VENTOUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENTOUSE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENOSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start VENTOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VENTOUSE?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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