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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEVOLUTION · 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.
DEVOLUTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 235 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
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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