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VIGILANT
Definition of VIGILANT
adjective
Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish. Displaced Old English wacor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIGILANT · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIGILANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
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
VIGILANT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGIILNTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VIGILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VIGILANT?
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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