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ASPIRATION
Definition of ASPIRATION
noun
The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From aspire + -ation.
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.
ASPIRATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASPIRATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAIINOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ASPIRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found ASPIRATION?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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