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VIROLOGY
Definition of VIROLOGY
noun
The branch of microbiology that deals with the study of viruses and viral diseases.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From viro- + -logy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VIROLOGY · 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.
VIROLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 155 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VIROLOGY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GILOORVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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 VIROLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found VIROLOGY?
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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