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ADHESION
Definition of ADHESION
noun
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French adhésion, from Latin stem of adhaesio, from past participle of adhaerare.
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.
ADHESION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADHESION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEHINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ADHESI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found ADHESION?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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