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VERSIFIER
Definition of VERSIFIER
noun
One who versifies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English versifiour, from Old French versifieor; equivalent to versify + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,408)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERSIFIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
Built from these letters
VERSIFIER starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEFIIRRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, R and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VERSIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERSIFIER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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