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DILATATION
Definition of DILATATION
noun
Prolixity; diffuse discourse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French dilatation, from Late Latin dīlātātio, early 15th c.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% 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.
DILATATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILATATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADIILNOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, A and T appear more than once.
Words that start DILATA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DILATATION?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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