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VERMICULATE
Definition of VERMICULATE
verb
To decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin vermiculatus (“inlaid in wavy lines”), past participle of vermiculor (“to be full of worms or worm-eaten”), from vermiculus (“little worm”).
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.
VERMICULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERMICULATE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILMRTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start VERMICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found VERMICULATE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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