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VIRGIN
Definition of VIRGIN
noun
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or an animal that has never mated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.
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.
VIRGIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIRGIN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GIINRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VIRGIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found VIRGIN?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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