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MEDIATION
Definition of MEDIATION
noun
Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by an impartial party.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English mediacion, mediacioun, medyacion, medyacyoun from Middle French mediacion and its etymon Late Latin mediātiō, from mediārī (“intervene”), from Latin medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, mediate + -ion.
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.
MEDIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MEDIATION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEIIMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MEDIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found MEDIATION?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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