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COMPELLATION

/ˌkɒmpəˈleɪʃən/12 letters

Definition of COMPELLATION

noun

An act of addressing a person by a certain name or title.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin compellātiōnem (“act of addressing”) + English -ion (suffix indicating the result of an action or process). Compellātiōnem is the accusative singular of compellātiō (“a rebuke, reprimand, reproof”), from compellō (“to compel; to urge; to drive together”) (from com- (prefix indicating a bringing together of several things) + pellō (“to drive, impel; to strike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to approach; to drive; to strike; to thrust”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Compare appellation.

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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.

COMPELLATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
110
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.

Built from these letters

COMPELLATION
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

COMPELLATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEILLMNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start COMPELLA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

COMPELLABLECOMPELLABLYCOMPELLATIONS

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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