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GRADUATION
Definition of GRADUATION
noun
The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
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Where it comes from
From graduate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GRADUATE · 7 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.
GRADUATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRADUATION starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADGINORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GRADUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found GRADUATION?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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