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VOLATILE
Definition of VOLATILE
adjective
Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French volatile, from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“to fly”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOLATILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOLATILE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILLOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start VOLATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VOLATILE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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