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DURATION
Definition of DURATION
noun
An amount of time or a particular time interval.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English duracioun, from late Old French duracion, from Medieval Latin dūrātiō.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DURATION · 2 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.
DURATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DURATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADINORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DURATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found DURATION?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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