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AVIATION
Definition of AVIATION
noun
The art or science of making and flying aircraft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French aviation, derived from Latin avis (“bird”). By surface analysis, avi- + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AVIATION · 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.
AVIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AVIATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAIINOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start AVIATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found AVIATION?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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