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VALETED
Definition of VALETED
verb
simple past and past participle of valet
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Word DNA
VALETED inherits its ancestry from its root, VALET.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VALET · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Irish, Welsh.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALETED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
VALETED starts with V and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEELTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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.
Could you have found VALETED?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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