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VERACIOUS
Definition of VERACIOUS
adjective
True.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
VERACIOUS carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Honest; truthful.
adjective
Accurate; true.
“a veracious account of what happened.”
Truthful; habitually disposed to speak truth; observant of truth.
Characterized by truth; true; not false: as, a veracious account or narrative.
Where it comes from
From Latin vērāx (“truthful”) + -acious, from vērus (“true”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% 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.
VERACIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERACIOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VERACIOUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start VERACI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found VERACIOUS?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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