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VISNOMIE
Definition of VISNOMIE
noun
Obsolete form of physiognomy.
PHYSIOGNOMY
noun
The art or pseudoscience of deducing the predominant temper and other characteristic qualities of the mind from the outward appearance, especially from the features of the face.
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Word DNA
VISNOMIE inherits its ancestry from its root, PHYSIOGNOMY.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHYSIOGNOMY · 5 relatives 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.
VISNOMIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VISNOMIE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIIMNOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found VISNOMIE?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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