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FORESTATION

/ˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/11 letters

Definition of FORESTATION

noun

The act of planting a forest.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From forest + -ation.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-ation

Same root, FOREST · 5 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FORESTATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
148
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

drahaycockgmail

on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FORESTATION
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FORESTATION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFINOORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.

Words that start FORESTA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FORESTALFORESTAYFORESTAGEFORESTAIRFORESTALLFORESTAYSFORESTAGESFORESTAIRSFORESTALLSFORESTALLEDFORESTALLERFORESTALLERS

Could you have found FORESTATION?

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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.

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