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VERSION
Definition of VERSION
noun
A specific form or variation of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō, from Latin vertō (“to turn”). Used in English since 16th century.
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.
VERSION in OUTLIER
It has fitted 23 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERSION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EINORSV - 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.
Words that start VERSIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VERSION?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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