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MACERATION
Definition of MACERATION
noun
The act or process of macerating. Soaking and softening (in combination), plus or minus dissolving. Communition, dissolving, or any combination thereof.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin mācerātiō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MACERATION · 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.
MACERATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MACERATION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACEIMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MACERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found MACERATION?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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