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FLUVIATION
Definition of FLUVIATION
noun
Deposition of silt etc. by the action of a river or stream.
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Where it comes from
From Latin fluviātiō, from fluviātus (“fluviated”) + -iō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from fluvius (“river”) + -ātus (“-ate: forming adjectives”) as if from a verb fluviō. Equivalent to fluviated + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,424)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FLUVIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLUVIATION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFIILNOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FLUVIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FLUVIATION?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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