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VOLAR

/ˈvoʊlə(ɹ)/5 letters

Definition of VOLAR

adjective

Pertaining to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin vola.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

VOLAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 18 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
39
First board
108
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

ave_maria661

on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VOLAR
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

VOLAR starts with V and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ALORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start VOLAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found VOLAR?

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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.

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