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VERISMO
Definition of VERISMO
noun
An artistic movement, from 19th-century Italian literature and opera, in which rural and everyday people and themes were treated in an often melodramatic manner
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Where it comes from
Italian
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.
VERISMO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERISMO starts with V and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EIMORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VERISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found VERISMO?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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