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VALENCIES
Definition of VALENCIES
noun
plural of valency
VALENCE · via valency
noun
The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.
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Word DNA
VALENCIES inherits its ancestry from its root, VALENCY.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,622)
How it is built
Same root, VALENCY · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALENCIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALENCIES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILNSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start VALENC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VALENCIES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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