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LAVATION
Definition of LAVATION
noun
washing or cleansing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin lavatio, lavationem; compare Old French lavation. Doublet of lotion.
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.
LAVATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAVATION starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAILNOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start LAVATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAVATION?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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