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COMPULSION
Definition of COMPULSION
noun
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French compulsion, from Late Latin compulsiō, from Latin compellere (“to compel, coerce”); see compel.
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.
COMPULSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMPULSION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CILMNOOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start COMPUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found COMPULSION?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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