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HEBETATION
Definition of HEBETATION
noun
The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin hebetatio: compare French hébétation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,933)
branch · 15.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEBETATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HEBETATION starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHINOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start HEBETA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEBETATION?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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