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VALKYRIES
Definition of VALKYRIES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
VALKYRIES inherits its ancestry from its root, VALKYRIE.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,856)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VALKYRIE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALKYRIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALKYRIES starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIKLRSVY - 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 22
Could you have found VALKYRIES?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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