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DENEGATION

/diːnɪˈɡeɪʃən/10 letters

Definition of DENEGATION

noun

A denial, refusal or contradiction.

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Where it comes from

Compare French dénégation.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

5.3%

of traced words share this origin (4,509)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllables

Same root, DENEGATION · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DENEGATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
41
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.

Built from these letters

DENEGATION
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DENEGATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGINNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.

Words that start DENEGA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DENEGATION?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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