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VEXATIOUSLY
Definition of VEXATIOUSLY
adverb
In a vexatious manner; so as to give annoyance.
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Another sense
VEXATIOUSLY carries a second meaning.
adverb
in a vexatious manner
Where it comes from
From vexatious + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
VEXATIOUSLY in a sentence
“My point was twofold; the first was just bridling slightly at the ‘public discourse’ thing, but fair enough – you did mean ‘public political discourse – I was just being somewhat vexatiously pedantic coz I haven’t had my coffee yet.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VEXATIOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 235 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 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
VEXATIOUSLY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILOSTUVXY - 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 VEXATIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VEXATIOUSLY?
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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