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DUPLICATION
Definition of DUPLICATION
noun
The act of duplicating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English duplicacioun, from Middle French duplication, from Late Latin duplicātiō, duplicātiōnem, from Latin duplicō. Morphologically duplicate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUPLICATION · 1 relative 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.
DUPLICATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUPLICATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDIILNOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DUPLICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found DUPLICATION?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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