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HEXAVALENT
Definition of HEXAVALENT
adjective
Having an atomic valence of 6.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hexa- + -valent. Piecewise doublet of sexavalent.
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.
HEXAVALENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEXAVALENT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAEEHLNTVX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found HEXAVALENT?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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