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PLACATION
Definition of PLACATION
noun
A process or act of placating; appeasement or an expression of appeasement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PLACATION carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The act of placating, appeasing, pacifying, or conciliating; propitiation.
noun
A propitiatory act.
noun
The act of placating.
noun
the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity
Where it comes from
From Latin placatio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLACATION · 1 relative in the game
PLACATION in a sentence
“And her steps are thuds in Doc Martens, faster-faster, and with each one she hears the word 'placation.'”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLACATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLACATION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACILNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PLACATION. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLACAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PLACATION?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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