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VOICE
Definition of VOICE
noun
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vāc), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”) (from Old English stefn (see steven)), Old English hlēoþor, Old English woþ, and Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, vocal, vouch, vowel. Doublet of vox.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VOICE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Old English, Persian, Sanskrit.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOICE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VOICE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VOICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VOICE?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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