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COMPILATIONS
Definition of COMPILATIONS
noun
plural of compilation
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Word DNA
COMPILATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, COMPILATION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPILATION · 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.
COMPILATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMPILATIONS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIILMNOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start COMPILAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found COMPILATIONS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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