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VERGLAS
Definition of VERGLAS
noun
silver frost
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French verglas.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% 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.
VERGLAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERGLAS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGLRSV - 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.
Words that start VERGLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found VERGLAS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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