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DEDUCTION
Definition of DEDUCTION
noun
That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French déduction, from Latin deductio. Equivalent to deduct + -ion or deduce + -tion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,629)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEDUCTION · 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.
DEDUCTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEDUCTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDDEINOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DEDUCT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEDUCTION?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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