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VIOL
Definition of VIOL
noun
A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola.
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.
VIOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIOL starts with V and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ILOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VIOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found VIOL?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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