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VIRELAY
Definition of VIRELAY
noun
Alternative spelling 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 French.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIRELAY · 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.
VIRELAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIRELAY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VIRELA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found VIRELAY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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