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VERMINY
Definition of VERMINY
adjective
Resembling, characteristic of, or infested with vermin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From vermin + -y.
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.
VERMINY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERMINY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EIMNRVY - 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.
Could you have found VERMINY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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