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VISOR
Definition of VISOR
noun
A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English viser, from Anglo-Norman viser and Old French visiere.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VISOR · 2 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.
VISOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 139 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VISOR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read IORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VISOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found VISOR?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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