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VUGS
Definition of VUGS
noun
plural of vug
VUG
noun
A small to medium-sized cavity inside rock that may be formed through a variety of processes.
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Another sense
VUGS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of vug.
Word DNA
How it is built
VUGS in a sentence
“It might have been in some comments elsewhere, or maybe in something I haven't posted yet: the occurrence of hydrocarbons in vugs in silicified, Hg-bearing, Au-anomalous serpentinite near the McLaughlin gold mine - that was what I was referring to.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VUGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VUGS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found VUGS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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