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MOTION
Definition of MOTION
noun
A change whereby something goes from one place to another; a state of progression from one place to another; a change of position with respect to time.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English mocioun, mocion, from Anglo-Norman motion, Middle French motion, and their etymon Latin mōtiō (“movement, motion”), related to movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, MOTION · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MOTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOTION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read IMNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start MOTION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found MOTION?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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