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POSITION
Definition of POSITION
noun
A place or location.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POSITION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
POSITION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read IINOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start POSITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POSITION?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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