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VISCOUNTY
Definition of VISCOUNTY
noun
The territory administered by a viscount as (notably royal) official
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
VISCOUNTY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Same as viscountship.
noun
An estate held (as fief or nominally) with the title of viscount
noun
the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess
noun
the domain controlled by a viscount or viscountess
Where it comes from
From Middle English viscountie, from Middle French viscounté; equivalent to viscount + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (866)
branch · 12.8% 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.
VISCOUNTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
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.
Also seen on Day 20
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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