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VALVULE
Definition of VALVULE
noun
A small valve.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin valvula (“valve, little valve”) either directly or via French valvule, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”) + -ula (“-ule, -ling: forming diminutives”). Doublet of valvula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,529)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VALVULE · 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.
VALVULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VALVULE starts with V and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELLUVV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. V and L appear more than once.
Words that start VALVUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VALVULE?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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