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ADAPTION
Definition of ADAPTION
noun
Alternative form of adaptation.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADAPTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ADAPTION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADINOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ADAPTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ADAPTION?
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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