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VERLAN
Definition of VERLAN
noun
A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,269)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VERLAN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERLAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERLAN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AELNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found VERLAN?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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