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COMPILATION
Definition of COMPILATION
noun
The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
English compile + -ation, from Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COMPILATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPILATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACIILMNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start COMPILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found COMPILATION?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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