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VIKING
Definition of VIKING
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Viking.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VIKE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIKING starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIKNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VIKING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found VIKING?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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