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VALGUS
Definition of VALGUS
adjective
knock-kneed (having the distal part of a limb displaced or twisted away from the midline of the body)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin valgus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALGUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALGUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGLSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VALGUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found VALGUS?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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