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CAUSATION
Definition of CAUSATION
noun
The act of causing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cause + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CAUSATION · 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.
CAUSATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 117 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 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 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.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CAUSATION?
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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