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VILIFY
Definition of VILIFY
verb
To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin vīlificāre (“vilify”). Equivalent to vile + -ify. Compare vilipend.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VILIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 565 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VILIFY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FIILVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VILIFY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found VILIFY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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