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AVOCATION
Definition of AVOCATION
noun
A calling away; a diversion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin āvocātiō (“a distraction”), from āvocō (“to call off, distract”).
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.
AVOCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 135 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AVOCATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACINOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start AVOCAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found AVOCATION?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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