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VERBATIM
Definition of VERBATIM
adverb
Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
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Where it comes from
Attested in English since 1481 (therefore considered a Middle English derivation by some): from Medieval Latin verbātim (“word for word”), from Latin verbum (“word”) + -ātim (adverbial suffix).
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.
VERBATIM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERBATIM starts with V and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABEIMRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found VERBATIM?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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