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VARVE
Definition of VARVE
noun
An annual layer of sediment or sedimentary rock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Swedish varv (“layer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Swedish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (128)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VARVE · 2 relatives 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.
VARVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
VARVE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AERVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V appears more than once.
Words that start VARVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VARVE?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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