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VOTES
Definition of VOTES
noun
plural of vote
noun
A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute.
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Word DNA
VOTES inherits its ancestry from its root, VOTE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,281)
How it is built
Same root, VOTE · 8 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VOTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 78, 6 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 100 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VOTES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EOSTV - 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.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found VOTES?
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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