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VERTIGINOUS
Definition of VERTIGINOUS
adjective
Having an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French vertigineux, from Latin vertīginōsus.
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.
VERTIGINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERTIGINOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIINORSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VERTIGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found VERTIGINOUS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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