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VOCATION
Definition of VOCATION
noun
(Ecclesiastical) A divine calling to establish one's lifestyle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VOCATION · 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.
VOCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 403 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 4, 25 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOCATION starts with V and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACINOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start VOCATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found VOCATION?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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