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VERNIERS
Definition of VERNIERS
noun
plural of vernier
noun
A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
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Word DNA
VERNIERS inherits its ancestry from its root, VERNIER.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,269)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VERNIER · 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.
VERNIERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
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
VERNIERS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEINRRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Could you have found VERNIERS?
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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