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VYING
Definition of VYING
verb
present participle and gerund of vie
VIE
symbol
ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Vietnamese.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VYING · 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.
VYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 190 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VYING starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found VYING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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