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RELATION
Definition of RELATION
noun
The manner in which two things may be associated.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English relacion, relacioun, from Anglo-Norman relacioun and Old French relacion (whence French relation), from Latin relātiō, noun of process form from perfect passive participle relātus (“related”), from verb referō (“to refer, to relate”), from prefix re- (“again”) + ferō (“to bear, to carry”). By surface analysis, relate + -ion. Doublet of relazione.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RELATION · 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.
RELATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RELATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RELATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found RELATION?
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