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VERBICIDE

9 letters

Definition of VERBICIDE

noun

The destruction or elimination of a word.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin verbum (“word”) + -icide.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VERBICIDE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
54
First board
67
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.

First ever to find it

6c1

on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VERBICIDE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VERBICIDE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEIIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.

Words that start VERBIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found VERBICIDE?

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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.

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