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GRADATIONS
Definition of GRADATIONS
noun
plural of gradation
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Word DNA
GRADATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, GRADATION.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,135)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRADATION · 2 relatives 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.
GRADATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRADATIONS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADGINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears 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 GRADAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found GRADATIONS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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