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RUMINATION
Definition of RUMINATION
noun
The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin rūminātio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUMINATION · 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.
RUMINATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
RUMINATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIIMNNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start RUMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUMINATION?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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