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NATION
Definition of NATION
noun
A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common economic life, ethnicity, language, religion, and/or territory, and manifested in a common culture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English nacioun, nacion, from Old French nacion, from Latin nātiōnem, accusative of nātiō (“nation”). Displaced Old English þēod.
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.
NATION in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 111, 8 September 2026.
Built from these letters
NATION starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AINNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NATION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NATION?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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