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VIALED
Definition of VIALED
verb
simple past and past participle of vial
noun
A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
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Word DNA
VIALED inherits its ancestry from its root, VIAL.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIAL · 3 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.
VIALED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIALED starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found VIALED?
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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