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VALENKI
Definition of VALENKI
noun
Traditional Russian felt boots.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Russian ва́ленки (válenki), singular ва́ленок (válenok).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (373)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALENKI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALENKI starts with V and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AEIKLNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found VALENKI?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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