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VULPINITES
Definition of VULPINITES
Wiktionary has no entry for VULPINITES itself. This is its base word, VULPINITE.
noun
A scaly granular variety of anhydrite of a grayish-white colour, used for ornamental purposes.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for VULPINITE.
From Costa Volpino (“a place name in Italy”) + -ite (“a mineral”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VULPINITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VULPINITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VULPINITES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIILNPSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VULPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found VULPINITES?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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