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VIRGINHOOD
Definition of VIRGINHOOD
noun
Virginity; maidenhead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From virgin + -hood.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VIRGINHOOD · 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.
VIRGINHOOD in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 144 days.
Built from these letters
VIRGINHOOD starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DGHIINOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start VIRGIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found VIRGINHOOD?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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