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VESPERS
Definition of VESPERS
noun
The sixth of the seven canonical hours, an evening prayer service
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vespers, from Old French vespres (French vêpres), from Ecclesiastical Latin vesperae (“vespers”), substantivisation of relational Late Latin vesperus (“evening”), from vesper (“evening”) + -us. Euphemistic use first as Vèpres éphésiennes (“Ephesian Vespers”), coined in 1890 by historian Théodore Reinach by analogy with the Sicilian Vespers.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VESPER · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VESPERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VESPERS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEPRSSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Words that start VESPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VESPERS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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