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REPLICATION
Definition of REPLICATION
noun
The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replicātiō, replicātiōnem. By surface analysis, replicate + -(at)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.
REPLICATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REPLICATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start REPLICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found REPLICATION?
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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