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VENTRICULUS
Definition of VENTRICULUS
noun
A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventricle.
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.
VENTRICULUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENTRICULUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILNRSTUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start VENTRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VENTRICULUS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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