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VIGILANTES
Definition of VIGILANTES
noun
plural of vigilante
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Word DNA
VIGILANTES inherits its ancestry from its root, VIGILANT.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% 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.
VIGILANTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIGILANTES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGIILNSTV - 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.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found VIGILANTES?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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