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VALERIANS
Definition of VALERIANS
noun
plural of valerian
noun
A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers.
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Word DNA
VALERIANS inherits its ancestry from its root, VALERIAN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
50th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (15)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VALERIAN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Turkish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALERIANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
VALERIANS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found VALERIANS?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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