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VIOLA
Definition of VIOLA
noun
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin viola (“violet”).
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.
VIOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 146 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIOLA starts with V and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AILOV - 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 VIOLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found VIOLA?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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