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VARIANCES
Definition of VARIANCES
noun
plural of variance
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Word DNA
VARIANCES inherits its ancestry from its root, VARIANCE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VARIANCE · 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.
VARIANCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARIANCES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEINRSV - 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.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found VARIANCES?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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