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VILAYET
Definition of VILAYET
noun
A province, particularly the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ottoman Turkish ولایت (vilayet, “province”), from Arabic وِلَايَة (wilāya, “province, administration”). Doublet of wilaya, wilayat, and Blighty.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VILAYET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VILAYET starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEILTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found VILAYET?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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