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VERLANS

/vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/7 letters

Definition of VERLANS

Wiktionary has no entry for VERLANS itself. This is its base word, VERLAN.

noun

A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for VERLAN.

From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VERLANS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

hokutofuji

on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VERLANS
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VERLANS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELNRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start VERLAN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.

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