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VIRELAIS
Definition of VIRELAIS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
VIRELAIS inherits its ancestry from its root, VIRELAI.
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 (2,303)
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.
VIRELAIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIRELAIS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIILRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 VIRELA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VIRELAIS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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