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DISTRACTION
Definition of DISTRACTION
noun
Something that distracts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French distraction, from Latin distractio. Equivalent to distract + -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.
DISTRACTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DISTRACTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDIINORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start DISTRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISTRACTION?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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