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VERIST
Definition of VERIST
noun
One who subscribes to verism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From verism. By surface analysis, Latin vērus (“true”) + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERIST starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found VERIST?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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