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MELIORATION
Definition of MELIORATION
noun
Archaic form of amelioration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin meliōrātiō.
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 (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MELIORATION · 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.
MELIORATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MELIORATION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEIILMNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start MELIORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found MELIORATION?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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