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PROFESSION
Definition of PROFESSION
noun
A declaration of faith. A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion.
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.
PROFESSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROFESSION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFINOOPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PROFES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROFESSION?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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