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VIRGULE
Definition of VIRGULE
noun
A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virga (“rod, branch”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of virgula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIRGULE · 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.
VIRGULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIRGULE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGILRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found VIRGULE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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