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VALEDICTION
Definition of VALEDICTION
noun
A speech made when leaving or parting company.
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1614; borrowed from New Latin valedictiō, from valedīcō (“to bid farewell”) + -tiō, from valē (“farewell, so long”) + dīcō (“to say”). By surface analysis, valedict + -ion.
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.
VALEDICTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALEDICTION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIILNOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VALEDIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found VALEDICTION?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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