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VERRUCOUS
Definition of VERRUCOUS
adjective
wart-like, resembling a verruca; verrucose
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin verrūcōsus, from Latin verrūca (“wart”). By surface analysis, verruca + -ous. Doublet of verrucose.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERRUCOUS 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 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
VERRUCOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEORRSUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and U appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start VERRUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERRUCOUS?
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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