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EFFUSION
Definition of EFFUSION
noun
A liquid outpouring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.
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.
EFFUSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EFFUSION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFFINOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EFFUSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EFFUSION?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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