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VIRES
Definition of VIRES
noun
plural of vire
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VIRES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VIRES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found VIRES?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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