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VOCATIONS
Definition of VOCATIONS
noun
plural of vocation
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Word DNA
VOCATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, VOCATION.
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 (9,487)
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.
VOCATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 120 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VOCATIONS starts with V and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACINOOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears 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 VOCATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found VOCATIONS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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