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CAUSATION

/kɔːˈzeɪ.ʃən/9 letters

Definition of CAUSATION

noun

The act of causing.

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Where it comes from

From cause + -ation.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CAUSATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 23 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
34
First board
110
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.

Built from these letters

CAUSATION
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CAUSATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACINOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start CAUSAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CAUSATIVECAUSATIONSCAUSATIVESCAUSATIONALCAUSATIVELY

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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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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