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VICARIOUS
Definition of VICARIOUS
adjective
Delegated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”) + English -ous. First attested in the 17th century. Doublet of vicar.
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 (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VICARIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 503 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VICARIOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIIORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VICARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found VICARIOUS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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