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DICTION
Definition of DICTION
noun
Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
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Where it comes from
From late Middle English diccion (“something said; a word or phrase”) (an obsolete sense in Modern English), borrowed directly from Latin dictiō (“a saying, speaking, uttering”) or from Old French dicïon (“word”) (Anglo-Norman dictyoun), from Late Latin dictiō (“word”), both from dīcō (“to say, to talk”) + -tiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, to point out”). The modern senses of “choice and use of words” and “clarity of word choice” were likely influenced by additional senses of dictiō.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DICTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DICTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDIINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DICTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DICTION?
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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