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VIBRACULUM
Definition of VIBRACULUM
noun
A long, whiplike, modified zooid on the surface of certain colonies of bryozoa
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vibrō + -aculum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIBRACULUM · 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.
VIBRACULUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIBRACULUM starts with V and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABCILMRUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start VIBRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VIBRACULUM?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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