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PROBATION
Definition of PROBATION
noun
A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English probacioun, from Middle French probation, from Old French probacion, from Latin probatio (“a trying, inspection, examination”), from probare, past participle probatus (“to test, examine”); see probate, probe, prove.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROBATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PROBATION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABINOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROBAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PROBATION?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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