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DIGESTION
Definition of DIGESTION
noun
The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French digestion. Partly displaced native Old English melting (“melting, digestion”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIGESTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DIGESTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEGIINOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DIGEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found DIGESTION?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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