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ATTRITION
Definition of ATTRITION
noun
Grinding down or wearing away by friction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in the 15th century, from Middle English attricion, attricioun, from Middle French attricion, attrition and its etymon, Latin attrītiō (“a rubbing against”), from the verb attrītus, past participle of atterō (“to wear”), from ad- (“to, towards”) + terō (“to rub”). By surface analysis, attrit + -ion.
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.
ATTRITION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATTRITION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIINORTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ATTRIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATTRITION?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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