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AVAL
Definition of AVAL
noun
A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French aval.
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.
AVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AVAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AVAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found AVAL?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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