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VILLOSE
Definition of VILLOSE
adjective
Alternative spelling of villous.
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Word DNA
VILLOSE inherits its ancestry from its root, VILLOUS.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,276)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VILLOUS · 1 relative 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.
VILLOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VILLOSE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILLOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 VILLOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VILLOSE?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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