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LAUDATIONS
Definition of LAUDATIONS
noun
plural of laudation
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Word DNA
LAUDATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, LAUDATION.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
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.
LAUDATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 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
LAUDATIONS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADILNOSTU - 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.
Could you have found LAUDATIONS?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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