The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VIATICALS
Definition of VIATICALS
noun
Life insurance policies which are sold at a discount to the face amount, or death benefit, of people who have been medically determined to have life expectancies of less than two years.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin viaticum (“provisions for a long journey”).
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 (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIATICAL · 1 relative 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.
VIATICALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIATICALS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACIILSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and A appear more than once.
Words that start VIATIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found VIATICALS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER