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VELSKOENS
Definition of VELSKOENS
noun
plural of velskoen
VELDSKOEN · via velskoen
noun
Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour.
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Word DNA
VELSKOENS inherits its ancestry from its root, VELDSKOEN.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
35th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (150)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VELDSKOEN · 4 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.
VELSKOENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VELSKOENS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEKLNOSSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Could you have found VELSKOENS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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