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VINEW
Definition of VINEW
noun
Moldiness, mould.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Variant of finew, from Middle English *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *funją (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch and Middle Dutch vunsc (“musty”), Old English fenn (“swamp, bog”). More at fen.
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.
VINEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VINEW starts with V and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read EINVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VINEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VINEW?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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