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VERDIN
Definition of VERDIN
noun
A small, yellow-headed passerine bird, Auriparus flaviceps, endemic to desert areas of the southwestern United States, that is the only species of family Remizidae found in the New World.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. Compare Spanish verdino (“bright green”), French verdin (“yellowhammer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VERDIN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERDIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
VERDIN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEINRV - 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.
Could you have found VERDIN?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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