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CONFLATION
Definition of CONFLATION
noun
A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin cōnflātiō, from Latin cōnflātus. By surface analysis, conflate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONFLATION · 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.
CONFLATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFLATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACFILNNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Words that start CONFLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONFLATION?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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