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VOILE
Definition of VOILE
noun
A light, translucent cotton fabric used for making curtains and dresses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French voile (“veil”). Doublet of veil and velum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VOILE · 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.
VOILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 155 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VOILE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found VOILE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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