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VALIDATORY
Definition of VALIDATORY
adjective
That serves to validate
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Word DNA
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.
VALIDATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALIDATORY starts with V and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADILORTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VALIDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found VALIDATORY?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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