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DILUTION

/daɪˈljuːʃən/8 letters

Definition of DILUTION

noun

The process of making something dilute.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From dilute + -ion.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DILUTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
21
First board
102
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DILUTION
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DILUTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DIILNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

TOLUIDIN

Words that start DILUTI

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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.

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