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DEVIATION
Definition of DEVIATION
noun
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French deviation, from Medieval Latin deviatio. Morphologically deviate + -ion.
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.
DEVIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 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 1 day.
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
DEVIATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEIINOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DEVIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DEVIATION?
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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