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RELAXATION
Definition of RELAXATION
noun
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin relaxatio, relaxationis; equivalent to relax + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RELAXATION · 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.
RELAXATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RELAXATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNORTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start RELAXA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found RELAXATION?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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