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PREFIXATION
Definition of PREFIXATION
noun
The adding of a prefix to a word.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1889; formed as prefix + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PREFIXATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 168, 4 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PREFIXATION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFIINOPRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PREFIXA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PREFIXATION?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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