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VENUS
Definition of VENUS
noun
Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From translingual Venus (“a genus of clams”), from Latin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VENUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VENUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENSUV - 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.
Words that start VENUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VENUS?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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