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VIBEX
Definition of VIBEX
noun
A narrow streak of subcutaneous extravasation of blood, often one of many in a patch of such streaks, which may be extensive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin vībex (“the mark of a blow”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIBEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
VIBEX starts with V and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read BEIVX - 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.
Could you have found VIBEX?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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