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VERVET

/ˈvɜːvɪt/6 letters

Definition of VERVET

noun

A small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat.

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Where it comes from

From French vervet (1821, F. Cuvier), further origin is obscure.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

7.1%

of traced words share this origin (1,903)

Romance

branch · 15.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, VERVET · 1 relative in the game

Every French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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

VERVET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 134
Its one board, across 134 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

bettyblurple

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VERVET
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VERVET starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EERTVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V and E appear more than once.

Words that start VERVET

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found VERVET?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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