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VITUPEROUS
Definition of VITUPEROUS
adjective
Vituperative.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
VITUPEROUS carries a second meaning.
adjective
Worthy of blame.
Where it comes from
From French vitupéreux, from Late Latin vituperosus, from Latin vituperāre (“to blame, censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parāre (“to furnish, provide, contrive”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VITUPEROUS · 1 relative in the game
VITUPEROUS in a sentence
“"I can take you to Jackson right now and have lunch with seven Hillys - they haven't changed," he added, referring to the vituperous society lady played by Bryce Dallas Howard.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VITUPEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 194 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Built from these letters
VITUPEROUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIOPRSTUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VITUPEROUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start VITUPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VITUPEROUS?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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