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VELARISING
Definition of VELARISING
verb
present participle and gerund of velarise
VELARIZE · via velarise
verb
To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.
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Word DNA
VELARISING inherits its ancestry from its root, VELARISE.
How it is built
Same root, VELARISE · 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.
VELARISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VELARISING starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGIILNRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VELARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VELARISING?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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