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PRODUCTION
Definition of PRODUCTION
noun
The act of producing, making or creating something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English produccioun, from Old French production, from Latin prōductiō, prōductiōnem (“a lengthening, prolonging”). Equivalent to produce + -tion. See produce.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRODUCTION · 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.
PRODUCTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
PRODUCTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDINOOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PRODUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PRODUCTION?
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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