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EDITION
Definition of EDITION
noun
A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from ēdere (“to publish”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EDITION · 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.
EDITION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EDITION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEIINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EDITIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found EDITION?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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