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VALUATION
Definition of VALUATION
noun
An estimation of something's worth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French valuation, noun of action from valuer, from Old French valoir.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,307)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VALUATION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VALUATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 135 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALUATION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAILNOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start VALUAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found VALUATION?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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