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VIDUAL
Definition of VIDUAL
adjective
Relating to widowhood, or widowed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vidualis, from vidua (“a widow”), from viduus (“widowed”). See widow.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIDUAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIDUAL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found VIDUAL?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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