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PERSECUTION
Definition of PERSECUTION
noun
The act of persecuting, especially a specific group of people; an instance of persecution.
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Where it comes from
Equivalent to persecute + -ion. From Middle English persecucioun, from Old French persecucion, from Ecclesiastical Latin persecūtio (“persecution; chase, pursuit”), from Latin persequor (“follow up, pursue”), from per- (“through”) + sequor (“follow”). Displaced native Old English ēhtnes.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERSECUTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PERSECUTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEINOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERSECU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PERSECUTION?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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