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ADDUCE

/əˈd(j)uːs/6 letters

Definition of ADDUCE

verb

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English adducen, from Latin addūcere, adductum (“to lead or bring to”), from ad- + dūcere (“to lead”). See duke, and compare adduct.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (24,343)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundad-

Same root, ADDUCE · 5 relatives in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ADDUCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 6 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
90
First board
145
Latest board
41
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

craftypenguin

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ADDUCE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ADDUCE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start ADDUCE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ADDUCE?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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