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VISCOUNTY
Definition of VISCOUNTY
noun
The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English viscountie, from Middle French viscounté; equivalent to viscount + -y.
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.
VISCOUNTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VISCOUNTY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CINOSTUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VISCOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VISCOUNTY?
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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