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STARVATION
Definition of STARVATION
noun
A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From starve + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STARVE · 4 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.
STARVATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STARVATION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAINORSTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start STARVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STARVATION?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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