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VEALE

5 letters

Definition of VEALE

noun

Obsolete form of veal.

VEAL

noun

The flesh of a calf (i.e. a young bovine) used for food.

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Word DNA

VEALE inherits its ancestry from its root, VEAL.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Anglo-Norman
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (24,117)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, VEAL · 10 relatives in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VEALE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its one board, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
136
First board
23
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.

First ever to find it

mburrd

on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VEALE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

VEALE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

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 VEALE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found VEALE?

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 136 - and most players walked straight past it.

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