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PREDILECTION

/ˌpɹiː.dəˈlɛk.ʃn̩/12 letters

Definition of PREDILECTION

noun

A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedīlēctiō.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

PREDILECTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 101
Its 17 boards, across 101 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
27
First board
100
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PREDILECTION
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PREDILECTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIILNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.

Words that start PREDILEC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PREDILECTION?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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