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VICARS
Definition of VICARS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
VICARS inherits its ancestry from its root, VICAR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VICAR · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VICARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 202 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VICARS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIRSV - 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 VICARS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found VICARS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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