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INFECTION
Definition of INFECTION
noun
The act or process of infecting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French infection, from Late Latin īnfectiō. Equivalent to infect + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% 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.
INFECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFECTION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEFIINNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start INFECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFECTION?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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