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ORATION

/ɒˈɹeɪʃən/7 letters

Definition of ORATION

noun

A formal, often ceremonial speech.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“to orate”) + -tiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison.

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.

ORATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 119
Its 32 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
32
Boards found on
9
First board
119
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

ORATION
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start ORATIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.

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