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DEVOTION
Definition of DEVOTION
noun
The act or state of devoting or being devoted; a feeling of being devoted (to something).
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Where it comes from
From Old French devocion, from Latin dēvōtiō, from dēvōtum + -tio, from the supine of dēvoveō (“vow, devote”); equivalent to devote + -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.
DEVOTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DEVOTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEINOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DEVOTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found DEVOTION?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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