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AUDITION
Definition of AUDITION
noun
A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French audicion, from Latin audītiō, from audiō (“to hear”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUDITION · 4 relatives 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.
AUDITION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AUDITION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADIINOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start AUDITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found AUDITION?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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