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VARIETIES
Definition of VARIETIES
noun
plural of variety.
noun
A deviation or difference. A specific variation of something. An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or cultivar. A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
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Word DNA
VARIETIES inherits its ancestry from its root, VARIETY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,238)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VARIETY · 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.
VARIETIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VARIETIES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEIIRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start VARIET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found VARIETIES?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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