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VIRTUOUS
Definition of VIRTUOUS
adjective
Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. By surface analysis, virtue + -ous. Doublet of virtuoso and piecewise doublet of virtùous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VIRTUOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 151 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIRTUOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IORSTUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start VIRTUO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found VIRTUOUS?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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