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VERBOSITY
Definition of VERBOSITY
noun
The excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French verbosité, from Late Latin verbōsitās. By surface analysis, verbose + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERBOSITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 160 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERBOSITY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEIORSTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VERBOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found VERBOSITY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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