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OCCUPATION
Definition of OCCUPATION
noun
An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
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.
OCCUPATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 379 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCCUPATION starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACCINOOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and C appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OCCUPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCCUPATION?
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