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VELUM
Definition of VELUM
noun
A thin membrane resembling a veil or curtain. The soft palate. A thin membrane partially covering the cluster of sporangia near the leaf base in quillworts and their extinct relatives. A veil-like membrane of immature mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is torn by growth, to reveal the gills. A locomotory and feeding organ provided with cilia found in the larval stage of bivalves. An annular membrane, typically bordering a cavity, especially in certain molluscs, medusae, and other invertebrates. A delicate membrane found on certain protists.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin vēlum (“a cloth, covering, awning, curtain, veil”). Doublet of veil.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VELUM · 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.
VELUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 251 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VELUM starts with V and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ELMUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found VELUM?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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