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VERDANT
Definition of VERDANT
adjective
Green in colour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French verdoyant, from Old French verb verdier, verdoier, from vert (“green”), from Vulgar Latin *virdis, from Latin viridis.
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.
VERDANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 210 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERDANT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADENRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VERDAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERDANT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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