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CIBATION

/sɪˈbeɪʃən/8 letters

Definition of CIBATION

noun

The act of consuming food.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin cibatio, from cibare (“to feed”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

32.5%

of traced words share this origin (8,629)

Italic

branch · 32.5% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

CIBATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 132
Its 3 boards, across 132 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
72
First board
130
Latest board
46
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 130, 27 September 2026.

Built from these letters

CIBATION
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start CIBATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CIBATION?

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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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