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LOCUTION
Definition of LOCUTION
noun
A phrase or expression peculiar to or characteristic of a given person or group of people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
LOCUTION carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A particular word, phrase, or expression, especially one that is used by a particular person or group.
noun
Style of speaking; phraseology.
noun
The act of speaking.
noun
Discourse; form or mode of speaking; phraseology; a phrase.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin locūtiō, locūtiōnem (“speech”), from loquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOCUTION · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
LOCUTION in a sentence
“Republicans, who have come up with the mid-term locution of "Pledge to America" to appropriate a populist tone, have meanwhile, called for an end of the "government takeover" of Fannie and Freddie and a "shrinking of their portfolios."”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOCUTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOCUTION starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CILNOOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of LOCUTION. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start LOCUTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found LOCUTION?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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