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ADVOCATION
Definition of ADVOCATION
noun
Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin advocātiō. Doublet of advowson
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.
ADVOCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ADVOCATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACDINOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start ADVOCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found ADVOCATION?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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