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VESTIBULES
Definition of VESTIBULES
noun
plural of vestibule.
noun
A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
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Word DNA
VESTIBULES inherits its ancestry from its root, VESTIBULE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VESTIBULE · 3 relatives 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.
VESTIBULES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VESTIBULES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEILSSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Words that start VESTIB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VESTIBULES?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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