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DEVIATIONS
Definition of DEVIATIONS
noun
plural of deviation
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Word DNA
DEVIATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, DEVIATION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEVIATION · 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.
DEVIATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DEVIATIONS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIINOSTV - 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 7
Could you have found DEVIATIONS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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