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PARTITION
Definition of PARTITION
noun
An action which divides a thing into parts, or separates one thing from another.
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Where it comes from
Recorded c.1430, "division into shares, distinction," from Middle English particioun, from Old French particion (modern partition), from Latin partitio, partitionem (“division, portion”), from partitus, the past participle of partire (“to split (up), part(ition)”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PARTITION · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PARTITION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PARTITION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIINOPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
Words that start PARTIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PARTITION?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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