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VIABLE
Definition of VIABLE
adjective
Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIABLE · 1 relative 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.
VIABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIABLE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEILV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found VIABLE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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