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DELIBERATION
Definition of DELIBERATION
noun
The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English deliberacioun, from Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberātiō. Morphologically deliberate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DELIBERATION · 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.
DELIBERATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DELIBERATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEIILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start DELIBERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found DELIBERATION?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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