The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VOLET
Definition of VOLET
noun
A shutter on a window.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French volet.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOLET starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELOTV - 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 28
Could you have found VOLET?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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