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VIEW
Definition of VIEW
noun
Visual perception. The act of seeing or looking at something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vewe, from Anglo-Norman vewe, from Old French veue f (French vue f), feminine past participle of veoir (“to see”) (French voir). Cognate with Italian vedere, as well as Portuguese and Spanish ver. Doublet of veduta and vista.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIEW · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIEW in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VIEW starts with V and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read EIVW - 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.
Words that start VIEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VIEW?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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