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COLLUSION
Definition of COLLUSION
noun
A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
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Where it comes from
Dated from the 14th century C.E. as Middle English collusioun, collusion; from Old French collusion, from Latin collusio (“act of colluding”).
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.
COLLUSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
COLLUSION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CILLNOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COLLUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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