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VULPINE
Definition of VULPINE
adjective
Pertaining to a fox.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”).
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.
VULPINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 497 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VULPINE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILNPUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VULPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found VULPINE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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