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VULTURE
Definition of VULTURE
noun
Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. Displaced native Old English ūf.
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.
VULTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VULTURE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELRTUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start VULTUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found VULTURE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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