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IMMERSION
Definition of IMMERSION
noun
The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed. The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism. Deep engagement in something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin immersiō, immersiōnem (“dipping”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMMERSION · 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.
IMMERSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMMERSION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EIIMMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and M appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start IMMERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMMERSION?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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