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VESPOID
Definition of VESPOID
adjective
Of or relating to the superfamily Vespoidea of wasps and ants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Vespa + -oid.
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.
VESPOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VESPOID starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIOPSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found VESPOID?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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