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ADDITION
Definition of ADDITION
noun
The act of adding anything.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Sense of “what is added” dates from 14th century, from Middle English addicioun, addition, from Old French adition, from Latin additiōnem, accusative singular of additiō, from addō (“add, put”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADDITION · 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.
ADDITION in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADDITION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADDIINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ADDITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADDITION?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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