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LAUREATION
Definition of LAUREATION
noun
The act of crowning with laurel; the act of conferring an academic degree, or honorary title.
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Where it comes from
Compare French lauréation
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAUREATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAUREATION starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LAUREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found LAUREATION?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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