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ATTRACTION
Definition of ATTRACTION
noun
The tendency to attract.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English attraccioun, from Old French attraction, from Latin attractio from past participle of attrahō (= ad + trahō), equivalent to attract + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATTRACTION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATTRACTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ATTRACTION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACINORTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ATTRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATTRACTION?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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