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COVALENCE
Definition of COVALENCE
noun
A form of valence in which electrons are shared between participating atoms
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From co- + valence.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COVALENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COVALENCE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEELNOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Words that start COVALE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COVALENCE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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