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VIPEROUS
Definition of VIPEROUS
adjective
of or pertaining to a viper
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
VIPEROUS carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Suggestive of or related to a viper.
adjective
Venomous; malicious.
Having the qualities of a viper; viperish; venomous; malignant; spiteful: chiefly said of mental qualities, or used figuratively.
adjective
Having the qualities of a viper; malignant; venomous.
“a viperous tongue”
Where it comes from
From viper + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
VIPEROUS in a sentence
“Expect a resolution in tonight's 90-minute finale, and while Jax is unlikely to end up dead (the series has been renewed), the viperous ATF rogue (Ally Walker) does hold the whip hand.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIPEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 214 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIPEROUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIOPRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VIPEROUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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 9
Could you have found VIPEROUS?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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