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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).
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 26 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
Could you have found VOCAL?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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