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POSITION

/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/8 letters

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.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

Day 1Day 95
Its 8 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
1
First board
86
Latest board
53
Longest gap, days

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.

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Built from these letters

POSITION
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

POSITIFPOSITIFSPOSITINGPOSITIVEPOSITIONSPOSITIVERPOSITIVESPOSITIONALPOSITIONEDPOSITIVELYPOSITIVESTPOSITIVISM

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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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