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VICARIANT
Definition of VICARIANT
adjective
Of, relating to, or as a result of vicariance
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German vikarierend, present participle of vikarieren (“to act as a substitute”), from Vikar (“vicar, representative”), ultimately from Latin vicārius (“substitute”).
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.
VICARIANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 127, 24 September 2026.
Built from these letters
VICARIANT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACIINRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and A appear more than once.
Words that start VICARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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