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DERELICTION
Definition of DERELICTION
noun
Willful neglect of one's duty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”), from dērelinquō (“to neglect, abandon”), from dē- + re- + linquō (“to leave”).
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
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERELICTION · 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.
DERELICTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DERELICTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start DERELIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DERELICTION?
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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