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VISCOUS
Definition of VISCOUS
adjective
Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscose.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VISCOUS · 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.
VISCOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VISCOUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIOSSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start VISCOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VISCOUS?
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