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VALKYRIE
Definition of VALKYRIE
noun
Any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Old Norse valkyrja sg (“chooser of the slain”), plural valkyrjur pl, from Proto-Germanic *walakuzjǭ. Cognate to Old English wælcyrġe. First attested in English as a proper noun (Valkyries) in the 1770s; attested as a common noun (valkyries) since the 1880s.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALKYRIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VALKYRIE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIKLRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start VALKYR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found VALKYRIE?
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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