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VIANDS
Definition of VIANDS
noun
plural of viand
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Other senses
VIANDS carries 3 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of viand.
noun
provisions, victuals
noun
a stock or supply of foods
Word DNA
VIANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, VIAND.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIAND · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish, Tagalog.
VIANDS in a sentence
“For we call viands and ointments fine; and we say we have finely dined, when we have been splendidly entertained.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIANDS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADINSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of VIANDS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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 25
Could you have found VIANDS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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