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GLACIATIONS
Definition of GLACIATIONS
noun
plural of glaciation
noun
The process of covering with a glacier, or the state of being glaciated; the production of glacial phenomena; an ice age
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Word DNA
GLACIATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, GLACIATION.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,056)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLACIATION · 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.
GLACIATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLACIATIONS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACGIILNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I 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 GLACIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found GLACIATIONS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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