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ABRASION
Definition of ABRASION
noun
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1656. From French abrasion (attested since 1611), from Medieval Latin abrasio (“a scraping”), from Latin abrādō (“scrape off”). See also abrade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ABRASION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ABRASION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ABRASI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found ABRASION?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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