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VLIES
Definition of VLIES
noun
plural of vly
VLY
noun
A small swampy or marshy area, especially near a stream.
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Word DNA
VLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, VLY.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (109)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VLY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Afrikaans.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VLIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
VLIES 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 47
Could you have found VLIES?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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