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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIOLET · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
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 59 boards so far. 124 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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.
Words that start VIOLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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