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VICAR
Definition of VICAR
noun
In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman vikare, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substitute”). Doublet of vicarious. Displaced native Old English ġespelia.
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.
VICAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 203 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VICAR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VICAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VICAR?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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