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LEGATION
Definition of LEGATION
noun
The purpose for which a legate is sent; a legate's mission or commission. Now rare (cf. OED)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin lēgātiō.
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.
LEGATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEGATION starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 LEGATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found LEGATION?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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