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VERMINATE
Definition of VERMINATE
verb
To breed vermin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Latin verminare (“to have worms”), from vermis (“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.
VERMINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
VERMINATE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIMNRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start VERMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERMINATE?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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