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VALIDATION
Definition of VALIDATION
noun
The act of validating something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French validation. By surface analysis, validate + -ion.
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.
VALIDATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALIDATION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADIILNOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start VALIDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found VALIDATION?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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