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AESTIVATION
Definition of AESTIVATION
noun
A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin aestīvātiō, from Latin aestīvō, aestīvāre (“to spend or pass the summer in a place”), from aestīvus (“of or pertaining to summer”), from aestās (“summer”) + -īvus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AESTIVATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AESTIVATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEIINOSTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start AESTIVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AESTIVATION?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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