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VULPINE
Definition of VULPINE
adjective
Pertaining to a fox.
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Other senses
VULPINE carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of, resembling, or characteristic of a fox.
adjective
Cunning; clever.
Of or pertaining to a fox; technically, resembling the fox as a member of tho Vulpinæ; related to the foxes; alopecoid: distinguished from lupine or thoöid.
Resembling a fox in traits or disposition; also, characteristic of the fox; foxy; cunning; crafty.
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”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,589)
How it is built
Same root, VULPINE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, Welsh.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
VULPINE in a sentence
“I remember that as we said good-bye, there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the”
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 74 boards so far. 1069 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VULPINE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start VULPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found VULPINE?
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