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VERTICIL
Definition of VERTICIL
noun
A whorl, a group of similar parts such as leaves radiating from a shared axis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin verticillum.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VERTICIL · 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.
VERTICIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERTICIL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CEIILRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VERTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERTICIL?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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