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IRRADIATIONS

12 letters

Definition of IRRADIATIONS

noun

plural of irradiation

IRRADIATION

noun

An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated. a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents. Synonym of radiotherapy.

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Word DNA

IRRADIATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, IRRADIATION.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (24,726)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-ion

Same root, IRRADIATION · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

IRRADIATIONS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its one board, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
155
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

readyornot

on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

IRRADIATIONS
12
Letters
6
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

IRRADIATIONS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADIIINORRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, R and A appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start IRRADIAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found IRRADIATIONS?

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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.

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