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PERCEPTION
Definition of PERCEPTION
noun
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English percepcioun, from Middle French percepcion, from Latin perceptiō (“a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension”), from perceptus (“perceived, observed”), perfect passive participle of percipiō (“to perceive, observe”); see perceive.
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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 (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERCEPTION · 2 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.
PERCEPTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
Built from these letters
PERCEPTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEINOPPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once.
Words that start PERCEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERCEPTION?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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