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VITRAIN
Definition of VITRAIN
noun
A constituent of banded bituminous coal consisting of a horizontal glossy band of friable material.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin vitreus (“vitreous”) + -ain in fusain; compare French -ain (“-ane”). Coined by British birth control campaigner and paleontologist Marie Stopes in 1918.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VITRAIN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VITRAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VITRAIN starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIINRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VITRAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found VITRAIN?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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