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VERMICULOUS
Definition of VERMICULOUS
adjective
Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms; wormy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vermiculosus. See vermicule.
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.
VERMICULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERMICULOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILMORSUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start VERMICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERMICULOUS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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