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VENTRICULAR
Definition of VENTRICULAR
adjective
Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin *ventricularis, from ventriculus (“belly, stomach, ventricle”), diminutive of venter (“belly, stomach, womb”). Equivalent to ventricle + -ar; See ventricle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% 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.
VENTRICULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENTRICULAR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNRRTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start VENTRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VENTRICULAR?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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