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VERTICALS
Definition of VERTICALS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
VERTICALS inherits its ancestry from its root, VERTICAL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VERTICAL · 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.
VERTICALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERTICALS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILRSTV - 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 47
Could you have found VERTICALS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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