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RUINATION
Definition of RUINATION
noun
The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ruin + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RUINATION · 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.
RUINATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUINATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIINNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear 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 RUINAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUINATION?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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