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EDUCTION
Definition of EDUCTION
noun
The act of educing, of deducing: deduction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin eductio. Equivalent to educe + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EDUCTION · 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.
EDUCTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EDUCTION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDEINOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found EDUCTION?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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