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VIRELAI
Definition of VIRELAI
noun
A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, with the rhyme scheme AABAAB.
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Where it comes from
From Old French virelai, alteration (after lai) of vireli.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,282)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIRELAI · 1 relative 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.
VIRELAI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIRELAI starts with V and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AEIILRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VIRELA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found VIRELAI?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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