The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
VALPROATE
Definition of VALPROATE
noun
Any salt or ester of valproic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From valproic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
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.
VALPROATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALPROATE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAELOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found VALPROATE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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