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DEROGATION
Definition of DEROGATION
noun
An act which belittles; disparagement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French derogacion (French dérogation), from Latin dērogātiō.
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.
DEROGATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DEROGATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEGINOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DEROGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found DEROGATION?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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