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VESSEL
Definition of VESSEL
noun
A craft for transportation on or in water, air, or space. Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English vessel, vessell (“small container”); from Old French vaissel (compare modern French vaisseau and Catalan vaixell), from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vāsculum, diminutive of vās (“vase, vessel”).
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 (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Catalan.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VESSEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VESSEL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EELSSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 VESSEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VESSEL?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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