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VIRGATES
Definition of VIRGATES
noun
plural of virgate
noun
The yardland: an obsolete English land measure usually comprising ⁄4 of a hide and notionally equal to 30 acres.
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Word DNA
VIRGATES inherits its ancestry from its root, VIRGATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIRGATE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIRGATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
VIRGATES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGIRSTV - 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.
Could you have found VIRGATES?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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