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VERY
Definition of VERY
adverb
To a great extent or degree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English verray, from Old French verai (“true”), from Early Medieval Latin vērāgus, from Classical Latin vērāx, derived from vērus, from Proto-Italic *wēros, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros. Distantly cognate with Old English wǣr (“true”). Over time displaced the use of a number of Germanic words or prefixes to convey the sense 'very' such as fele, full-, mæġen, sore, sin-, swīþe, (partially) wel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, VERY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 17 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ERVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found VERY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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