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DEVOLUTION
Definition of DEVOLUTION
noun
A rolling down.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French dévolution, from Medieval Latin devolutio, devolutionis, from Latin devolvo.
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.
DEVOLUTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEVOLUTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEILNOOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DEVOLU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found DEVOLUTION?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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