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VERTIGO
Definition of VERTIGO
noun
A sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin vertīgō.
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.
VERTIGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 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 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERTIGO starts with V and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EGIORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VERTIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found VERTIGO?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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