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VAIR
Definition of VAIR
noun
A type of fur from a squirrel with a grey back and white belly, much used on garments in the Middle Ages.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English veir, veire, from Old French vair, veir, from the accusative singular masculine form of Latin varius (“variegated”). Not related to Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“squirrel”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, VAIR · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VAIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VAIR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VAIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found VAIR?
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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