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VERONICA
Definition of VERONICA
noun
The image of Jesus's face believed to have been made on the cloth with which St Veronica wiped his face as he went to be crucified; or the cloth used for this.
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Where it comes from
Named after Saint Veronica.
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.
VERONICA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERONICA starts with V and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEINORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found VERONICA?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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