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VERMICULATION
Definition of VERMICULATION
noun
The process of being turned into a worm.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin vermiculātiōnem, from vermiculor (“to be worm-eaten, to be wormy”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)). The Latin verb is from vermis (“worm”) (from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), possibly from *wer- (“to turn”)).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, VERMICULATION · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERMICULATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERMICULATION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILMNORTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VERMICULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERMICULATION?
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