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VEXILLARY

/ˈvɛksɪləɹi/9 letters

Definition of VEXILLARY

adjective

Creating a partition.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin vexillarius: compare French vexillaire.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (24,861)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective4 syllables

Same root, VEXILLARY · 1 relative in the game

Its etymology also names French.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VEXILLARY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
161
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

markcc

on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VEXILLARY
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VEXILLARY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILLRVXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start VEXILL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

VEXILLAVEXILLARVEXILLUMVEXILLATEVEXILLISEVEXILLARIESVEXILLATIONVEXILLOLOGYVEXILLOLOGICVEXILLOLOGIESVEXILLOLOGISTVEXILLOLOGICAL

Could you have found VEXILLARY?

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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.

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