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RELATIONS
Definition of RELATIONS
noun
plural of relation
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Word DNA
RELATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, RELATION.
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.
RELATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RELATIONS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 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 27
Could you have found RELATIONS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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