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VALENCIA
Definition of VALENCIA
noun
A kind of woven fabric for waistcoats, having the weft of wool and the warp of silk or cotton.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from Valence in France.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, VALENCIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALENCIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALENCIA starts with V and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEILNV - 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 VALENC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found VALENCIA?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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