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ADDUCTION
Definition of ADDUCTION
noun
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin adductio, adductionis, from adducō (“to bring to oneself”), from ad + ducō (“to lead”). Compare French adduction. Equivalent to adduct + -ion or adduce + -tion. See adduce.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADDUCTION · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADDUCTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADDUCTION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDDINOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ADDUCT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ADDUCTION?
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