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VESPERTILIAN
Definition of VESPERTILIAN
adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bats.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vespertīliō (“bat”) + -ian.
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.
VESPERTILIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VESPERTILIAN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEIILNPRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start VESPERTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VESPERTILIAN?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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