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VELVETS
Definition of VELVETS
noun
plural of velvet
noun
A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
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Word DNA
VELVETS inherits its ancestry from its root, VELVET.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VELVET · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VELVETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VELVETS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELSTVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V and E appear more than once.
Words that start VELVET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VELVETS?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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