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VERTICAL
Definition of VERTICAL
adjective
Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French vertical, from Late Latin verticālis.
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.
VERTICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VERTICAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEILRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VERTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found VERTICAL?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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