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MILLION
Definition of MILLION
numeral
The cardinal number 1 000 000: 10; a thousand thousand (1,000).
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English milioun, from Middle French milion, from Old French millon, from Italian milione (“million”, from mille (“thousand”, from Latin mille) + -one). Compare -illion.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,398)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MILLION · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MILLION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MILLION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read IILLMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MILLIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MILLION?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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