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VERNACULAR
Definition of VERNACULAR
noun
The language of a people or a national language.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VERNACULAR · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERNACULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERNACULAR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACELNRRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Words that start VERNAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERNACULAR?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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