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VENTAILS
Definition of VENTAILS
noun
plural of ventail
noun
Synonym of aventail (“mail curtain or flap, on a helmet or a mail coif, that protects the lower face and neck”).
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Word DNA
VENTAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, VENTAIL.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,314)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VENTAIL · 5 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.
VENTAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENTAILS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILNSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VENTAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VENTAILS?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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