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VELODROME
Definition of VELODROME
noun
An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French vélodrome, from vélo + -drome. By surface analysis, velo- + -drome.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,185)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VELODROME · 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.
VELODROME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VELODROME starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEELMOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found VELODROME?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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