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LUNATIONS
Definition of LUNATIONS
noun
plural of lunation
LUNATION
noun
A month of an average of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
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Word DNA
LUNATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, LUNATION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,673)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUNATION · 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.
LUNATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUNATIONS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AILNNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start LUNATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUNATIONS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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