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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).
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 15 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
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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