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VIGESIMAL

/vɪˈd͡ʒɛsɪm(ə)l/9 letters

Definition of VIGESIMAL

adjective

Occurring in intervals of twenty.

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Where it comes from

From Latin vīgēsimus (“twentieth”), variant of Latin vīcēsimus (“twentieth”), from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), (from *vīcēnssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wi(h₁)ḱm̥ttós, with the -imus ending of decimus (“tenth”)) + -al (suffix forming an adjective). Compare Latin vīgintī (“twenty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti, from *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti(h₁), *dwi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (“two tens; two decades”).

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

VIGESIMAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 13 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
47
First board
113
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

mufeed

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

Built from these letters

VIGESIMAL
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VIGESIMAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEGIILMSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

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