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DERIVATION
Definition of DERIVATION
noun
A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin dērīvātiō, dērīvātiōnem. Morphologically derive + -ation.
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%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERIVATION · 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.
DERIVATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERIVATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEIINORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DERIVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found DERIVATION?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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