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VICELIKE

8 letters

Definition of VICELIKE

adjective

Alternative spelling of viselike.

VISELIKE

adjective

Extremely strong or tight, like the grip of a vise.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From vice + -like.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound-like

Same root, VISE · 5 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VICELIKE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 13 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
47
First board
149
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

gongfermor

on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VICELIKE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VICELIKE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIIKLV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.

Could you have found VICELIKE?

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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.

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