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VIRTUOUS
Definition of VIRTUOUS
adjective
Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
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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).
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 28 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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