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DILATION
Definition of DILATION
noun
The act of dilating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DILATE · 16 relatives 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.
DILATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DILATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DILATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found DILATION?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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