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SUFFOCATION
Definition of SUFFOCATION
noun
Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English suffocation, suffocacioun, from Middle French suffocation, from Latin suffocatio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUFFOCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUFFOCATION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACFFINOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SUFFOCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUFFOCATION?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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