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REDEMPTION
Definition of REDEMPTION
noun
The act of redeeming or something redeemed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English redempcioun, from Old French redemption, from Latin redemptio. Doublet of ransom. Displaced native Old English ālīesung, ālīesnes.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REDEMPTION · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REDEMPTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REDEMPTION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEEIMNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start REDEMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found REDEMPTION?
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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