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VICEROY
Definition of VICEROY
noun
One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French vice-roy, from vice- + roy (“king”). Compare viscount.
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.
VICEROY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 165 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VICEROY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEIORVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VICERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found VICEROY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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