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PRIVATION
Definition of PRIVATION
noun
The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English privacioun, from Middle French privation, privacion, from Old French privacion, from Latin prīvātiō; compare French privation. See private.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRIVATION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRIVATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRIVATION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIINOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PRIVAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PRIVATION?
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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