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VERECUND
Definition of VERECUND
adjective
modest
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin verēcundus (“shy, modest”).
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.
VERECUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERECUND starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEENRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found VERECUND?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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