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VESTIGE
Definition of VESTIGE
noun
A mark left on the earth by a foot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French vestige, from Latin vestīgium (“footstep, footprint, track, the sole of the foot, a trace, mark”). Doublet of vestigium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VESTIGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 315 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VESTIGE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGISTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start VESTIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found VESTIGE?
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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