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VELIGERS
Definition of VELIGERS
noun
plural of veliger
noun
The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs.
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Word DNA
VELIGERS inherits its ancestry from its root, VELIGER.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VELIGER · 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.
VELIGERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VELIGERS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGILRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found VELIGERS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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