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VINALS
Definition of VINALS
Wiktionary has no entry for VINALS itself. This is its base word, VINAL.
noun
polyvinyl alcohol fibers
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for VINAL.
Introduced as a generic term by the Federal Trade Commission.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VINALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VINALS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AILNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found VINALS?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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