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ARTICULATION
Definition of ARTICULATION
noun
A joint or the collection of joints at which something is articulated, or hinged, for bending.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate + -ion.
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
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,181)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARTICULATION · 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.
ARTICULATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
ARTICULATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACIILNORTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start ARTICULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARTICULATION?
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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