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VERMIN
Definition of VERMIN
noun
Any of various common types of small insects or other animals which cause harm and annoyance.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English vermyn, vermyne, from Old French vermine, from Vulgar Latin *verminum (“vermin”), collective noun formed from Latin vermis (“worm”). Compare vermiculate and vermivorous. See also 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.
VERMIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERMIN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EIMNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VERMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found VERMIN?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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