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VERMINOUS

/ˈvɜː.mɪ.nəs/9 letters

Definition of VERMINOUS

adjective

Infested with vermin.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From vermin + -ous.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VERMINOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 18 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
21
First board
96
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 21, 10 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 21, 10 June 2026.

Built from these letters

VERMINOUS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

VERMINOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIMNORSUV - 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.

VERMINVERMINSVERMINYVERMINEDVERMINATEVERMINATEDVERMINATESVERMINATINGVERMINATIONVERMINOUSLY

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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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.

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