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VIOLET
Definition of VIOLET
noun
A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; similar-looking plants and flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”) + -ette. Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, 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.
VIOLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIOLET starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILOTV - 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.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found VIOLET?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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