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VEXATIOUS
Definition of VEXATIOUS
adjective
Causing vexation or annoyance; teasing; troublesome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
a 1650 vexation + -ous
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
VEXATIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 627 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VEXATIOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIOSTUVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start VEXATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VEXATIOUS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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