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ENERVATION
Definition of ENERVATION
noun
Act of enervating; debilitation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French énervation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (289)
branch · 15.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENERVATION · 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.
ENERVATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENERVATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEINNORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear 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 ENERVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENERVATION?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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