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DIVAGATION
Definition of DIVAGATION
noun
Straying off from a course or way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Nominalization of divagate (from the Latin verb divagare) + -ion (from the Latin suffix -io).
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.
DIVAGATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIVAGATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADGIINOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and A appear more than once.
Words that start DIVAGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIVAGATION?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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