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VIOLENCE
Definition of VIOLENCE
noun
Extreme force.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English violence, borrowed from Old French violence, borrowed from Latin violentia, from violēns / violentus (“violent”) + -ia. See violent. Displaced native Old English stræc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIOLENCE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIOLENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 161 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VIOLENCE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start VIOLEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found VIOLENCE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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