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VERVETS
Definition of VERVETS
noun
plural of vervet
noun
A small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat.
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Word DNA
VERVETS inherits its ancestry from its root, VERVET.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,087)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VERVET · 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.
VERVETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERVETS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EERSTVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V and E appear more than once.
Could you have found VERVETS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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