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VARIANCE
Definition of VARIANCE
noun
The act of varying or the state of being variable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English variance, variaunce, equivalent to vary + -ance, from Old French variance or directly from Anglo-Latin variaunce, veriaunce, wariaunce; all from Latin variantia.
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.
VARIANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VARIANCE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEINRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VARIAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VARIANCE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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