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EXPLICATION
Definition of EXPLICATION
noun
The act of opening or unfolding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French explication and its etymon Latin explicātiō, explicātiōnem. By surface analysis, explicate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 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, EXPLICATION · 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.
EXPLICATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLICATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILNOPTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXPLICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXPLICATION?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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