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SPECIATION
Definition of SPECIATION
noun
The process by which new distinct species evolve.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From speciate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPECIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPECIATION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIINOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SPECIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SPECIATION?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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