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PRECISION

/pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/9 letters

Definition of PRECISION

noun

The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French precision. Equivalent to precise + -ion.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle French

Deepest traced root

13th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.1%

of traced words share this origin (336)

Romance

branch · 15.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-ion

Same root, PRECISION · 1 relative in the game

Every Middle French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PRECISION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 34 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
34
Boards found on
25
First board
149
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

karab

on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PRECISION
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PRECISION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEIINOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start PRECIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PRECISION?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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