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NOTION

/ˈnəʊʃən/6 letters

Definition of NOTION

noun

Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

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Where it comes from

From Latin nōtiō (“a becoming acquainted, a taking cognizance, an examination, an investigation, a conception, idea, notion”), from nōscō (“to know”). Compare French notion. See know.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

NOTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

catmom1

on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NOTION
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

NOTION starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read INNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once.

Words that start NOTION

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

NOTIONSNOTIONALNOTIONISTNOTIONALLYNOTIONISTSNOTIONALISTNOTIONALITYNOTIONALITIES

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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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