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VIGOR
Definition of VIGOR
noun
Alternative form of vigour.
noun
Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
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Word DNA
VIGOR inherits its ancestry from its root, VIGOUR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, VIGOUR · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIGOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 124 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VIGOR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read GIORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VIGOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found VIGOR?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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