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VORTIGINOUS
Definition of VORTIGINOUS
adjective
Moving rapidly round a centre; vortical.
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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.
VORTIGINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VORTIGINOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GIINOORSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Could you have found VORTIGINOUS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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