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PROTECTION
Definition of PROTECTION
noun
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Old French, from stem of Late Latin prōtectiō (“a covering over”), from Latin prōtēctus, perfect passive participle of prōtegere (“to protect, cover in front”). Displaced native Old English ġesċildnes. Equivalent to protect + -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.
PROTECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
PROTECTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEINOOPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Words that start PROTEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROTECTION?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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