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LUSTRATION

/lʌsˈtɹeɪʃən/10 letters

Definition of LUSTRATION

noun

A rite of purification, especially washing.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin lustratio.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,378)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LUSTRATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its 2 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
152
First board
167
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

mammoth_gia

on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LUSTRATION
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

LUSTRATION starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AILNORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start LUSTRA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LUSTRALUSTRALLUSTRATELUSTRATEDLUSTRATESLUSTRATINGLUSTRATIVELUSTRATIONS

Could you have found LUSTRATION?

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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.

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