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VLEIS
Definition of VLEIS
noun
plural of vlei
noun
A shallow wetland or minor lake, generally a seasonal one, or the lowland where such a wetland appears seasonally.
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Word DNA
VLEIS inherits its ancestry from its root, VLEI.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (230)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VLEI · 1 relative 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.
VLEIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VLEIS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found VLEIS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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