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SUBLIMATION
Definition of SUBLIMATION
noun
The transition of a substance from the solid phase directly to the vapor state such that it does not pass through the intermediate liquid phase.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sublimacioun, sublimacion, from Medieval Latin sublīmātiō, from Latin sublīmō (“to raise, to elevate”, verb). Synchronically, sublimate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBLIMATION · 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.
SUBLIMATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBLIMATION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABIILMNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SUBLIMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found SUBLIMATION?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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