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VIZIER
Definition of VIZIER
noun
A high-ranking official or minister in an Islamic government, especially in the Ottoman Empire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir) (Turkish vezir) (via French vizir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr, “helper, aide, minister”, literally “one who bears (the burden of office)”). Doublet of wazir.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,064)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VIZIER · 6 relatives 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.
VIZIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 181 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VIZIER starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIIRVZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start VIZIER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found VIZIER?
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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