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VALOROUS

/ˈvælərəs/8 letters

Definition of VALOROUS

adjective

Having or displaying valour.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Old French valeureux.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

VALOROUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 25 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
25
Boards found on
30
First board
100
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

maksim

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

VALOROUS
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

VALOROUS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ALOORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start VALORO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

VALOROUSLY

Could you have found VALOROUS?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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