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ACUMEN
Definition of ACUMEN
noun
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin acūmen (“sharp point”).
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.
ACUMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 171 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ACUMEN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ACUMEN?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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