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CIRCULATION
Definition of CIRCULATION
noun
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English circulacioun, from Latin circulatio. Morphologically circulate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CIRCULATION · 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.
CIRCULATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIRCULATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACCIILNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Words that start CIRCULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CIRCULATION?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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