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VOCAL
Definition of VOCAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Late Middle English vocal, borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“uttering a voice, sounding, speaking”), from vōx (“a voice, sound, tone”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of vowel and vocalis. Compare Old French vocal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VOCAL · 16 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOCAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 4, 25 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOCAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACLOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VOCAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
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