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VINEGAROON
Definition of VINEGAROON
noun
A whip scorpion (arachnid of order Thelyphonida), which when threatened may eject a liquid containing acetic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish vinagrón, from vinagre (“vinegar”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). Influenced by vinegar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (947)
branch · 12.8% 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.
VINEGAROON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VINEGAROON starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEGINNOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start VINEGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VINEGAROON?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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