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VALUE
Definition of VALUE
noun
The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (“be strong, be worth”), from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”).
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.
VALUE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 76 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
VALUE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VALUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found VALUE?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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