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VERANDA
Definition of VERANDA
noun
A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
An Indian English word of Indo-Portuguese origin, from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”). Further etymology is unclear and disputed.
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.
VERANDA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERANDA starts with V and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADENRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VERAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found VERANDA?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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