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INVALIDATES
Definition of INVALIDATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of invalidate
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INVALIDATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INVALIDATES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEIILNSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and A appear 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 INVALID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found INVALIDATES?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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