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IDEATION
Definition of IDEATION
noun
The conceptualization of a mental image.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ideate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, IDEA · 6 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.
IDEATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IDEATION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEIINOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IDEATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found IDEATION?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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