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VERNIXES
Definition of VERNIXES
Wiktionary has no entry for VERNIXES itself. This is its base word, VERNIX.
noun
Vernix caseosa; a fatty deposit covering the skin of newborn babies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for VERNIX.
Derived from Medieval Latin vernix (“varnish”).
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.
VERNIXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERNIXES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEINRSVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found VERNIXES?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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