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VOLUNTARY
Definition of VOLUNTARY
adjective
Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English voluntarie, from Old French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, of free will”), from voluntās (“will, choice, desire”), from volēns, present participle of volo (“to will”). Displaced native Old English selfwille (literally “self-willed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VOLUNTARY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOLUNTARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 182 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOLUNTARY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALNORTUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VOLUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found VOLUNTARY?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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