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VEXING
Definition of VEXING
verb
present participle and gerund of vex
VEX
verb
To annoy, irritate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,064)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VEX · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VEXING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 375 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VEXING starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINVX - 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 VEXING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found VEXING?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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