The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VINEGAR
Definition of VINEGAR
noun
A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vynegre, from Old French vinaigre from Old French vyn egre, based on Latin vīnum (“wine”) + Latin ācer (“sour”). Displaced Old English æċed (survived in Middle English eced).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VINEGAR · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VINEGAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VINEGAR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGINRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VINEGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found VINEGAR?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER