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VELARIUM
Definition of VELARIUM
noun
The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vēlārium, from vēlum + -ārium. Doublet of veghar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VELARIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VELARIUM starts with V and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEILMRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VELARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found VELARIUM?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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