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VENERATION
Definition of VENERATION
noun
The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French vénération, from Old French veneracion, from Latin veneratio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,667)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VENERATION · 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.
VENERATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VENERATION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEINNORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start VENERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VENERATION?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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