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VICIOUS
Definition of VICIOUS
adjective
Violent, destructive and cruel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vicious, from Anglo-Norman vicious, (modern French vicieux), from Latin vitiōsus, from vitium (“fault, vice”). Equivalent to vice + -ous.
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.
VICIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 150 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VICIOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIIOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VICIOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found VICIOUS?
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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