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VIRE
Definition of VIRE
verb
To transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French vire, from virer (“to turn”). Compare veer, vireton.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (837)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIRE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIRE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VIRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found VIRE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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