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CONSERVATION
Definition of CONSERVATION
noun
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French. By surface analysis, conserve + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,433)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONSERVATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 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
CONSERVATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEINNOORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CONSERVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONSERVATION?
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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