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LAUDATION
Definition of LAUDATION
noun
The act of lauding; high praise or commendation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin laudatio; compare Old English taudation. See laud.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,218)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAUDATION · 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.
LAUDATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAUDATION starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADILNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LAUDAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found LAUDATION?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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