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SECTION
Definition of SECTION
noun
A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectiō (“cutting, cutting off, excision, amputation of diseased parts of the body, etc.”), from sectus, past participle of secāre (“to cut”). More at saw.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SECTION · 2 relatives 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.
SECTION in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SECTION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEINOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SECTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SECTION?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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