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VOLVULUS
Definition of VOLVULUS
noun
Obstruction of the bowel in which a loop of bowel has abnormally twisted on itself.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin volvulus (“tending to roll”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VOLVULUS · 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.
VOLVULUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOLVULUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LLOSUUVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V, L and U appear more than once.
Could you have found VOLVULUS?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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