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FUMIGATION
Definition of FUMIGATION
noun
The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fumygacioun, from Old French fumigation, from Late Latin fumigatio, fumigationem, from Latin fumigo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FUMIGATION · 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.
FUMIGATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 176 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FUMIGATION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFGIIMNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FUMIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FUMIGATION?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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