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COMPRESSIONS
Definition of COMPRESSIONS
noun
plural of compression
COMPRESSION
noun
An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state of being compressed; compaction.
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Word DNA
COMPRESSIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, COMPRESSION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPRESSION · 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.
COMPRESSIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMPRESSIONS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNOOPRSSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMPRESS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMPRESSIONS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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