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ELECTIONS
Definition of ELECTIONS
noun
plural of election
noun
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
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Word DNA
ELECTIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, ELECTION.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ELECTION · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELECTIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ELECTIONS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ELECTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found ELECTIONS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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