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SELECTION
Definition of SELECTION
noun
The process or act of selecting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Equivalent to select + -ion.
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 (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SELECTION · 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.
SELECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SELECTION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 SELECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found SELECTION?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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