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ASCENSION
Definition of ASCENSION
noun
The act of ascending; an ascent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ascencioun, from Old French ascension, from Latin ascēnsiō, ascēnsiōnem (“ascent”). Displaced native Old English upfæreld.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASCENSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASCENSION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEINNOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and N appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASCENS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASCENSION?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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