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VISE
Definition of VISE
noun
An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw, lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vis, vys, vice (“screw”), from Anglo-Norman vyz, vice, from Old French vis (“screw”), from Latin vītis f (“vine”). Probably akin to English withe.
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.
VISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VISE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EISV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found VISE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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