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VENTRILOQUY
Definition of VENTRILOQUY
noun
Ventriloquism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ventriloquium, from venter (“stomach”) + loquī (“to speak”). By surface analysis, ventri- + -loquy.
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.
VENTRILOQUY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 63, 22 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENTRILOQUY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILNOQRTUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start VENTRIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found VENTRILOQUY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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