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REVISION
Definition of REVISION
noun
The process of revising: The action or process of reviewing, editing and amending. The action or process of reviewing something previously learned, especially one′s notes in preparation for a test or examination.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French révision, from Latin revīsiō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REVISION · 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.
REVISION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
REVISION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EIINORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REVISI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found REVISION?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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