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DEPOSITION
Definition of DEPOSITION
noun
The removal of someone from office.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% 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.
DEPOSITION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DEPOSITION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEIINOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I 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 DEPOSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DEPOSITION?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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