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ROGATION

/ɹəʊˈɡeɪ.ʃən/8 letters

Definition of ROGATION

noun

A deeply serious and somber prayer or entreaty.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin rogātiō, from rogō (“request”). By surface analysis, Latin rog- + -ate + -ion.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,378)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-ate-ionrog-

Same root, ROGATION · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ROGATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 15 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
53
First board
163
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

organkrentz

on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ROGATION
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ROGATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AGINOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start ROGATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ROGATION?

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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.

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