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VOCATIONAL
Definition of VOCATIONAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a vocation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From vocation + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOCATIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 330 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VOCATIONAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILNOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and A appear more than once.
Words that start VOCATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found VOCATIONAL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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