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PERSUASION
Definition of PERSUASION
noun
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French persuasion and its source, Latin persuāsiō, from persuādēre, from suādēre (“to advise, recommend”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERSUASION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERSUASION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEINOPRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start PERSUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERSUASION?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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