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ADMIRATION
Definition of ADMIRATION
noun
A positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful; a feeling of respect for another's skills or attributes, as one might look on a hero or role model.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English admiracion, borrowed from Middle French admiration, or directly from Latin admīrātiō, from prefix ad- (“to, towards”) + mīrō (“to look at”) + -ātiō. Compare the verb admire, and US dialectal terms miration and mirate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADMIRATION · 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.
ADMIRATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ADMIRATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADIIMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ADMIRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADMIRATION?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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