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VESTIGIAL
Definition of VESTIGIAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vestīgium + -al. By surface analysis, vestige + -ial.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% 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.
VESTIGIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 618 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VESTIGIAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEGIILSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VESTIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found VESTIGIAL?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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