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PERFECTION
Definition of PERFECTION
noun
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. By surface analysis, perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERFECTION · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERFECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PERFECTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEFINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERFEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PERFECTION?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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