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ELECTROCUTION
Definition of ELECTROCUTION
noun
Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of electro- + execution. By surface analysis, electrocute + -ion. Coined in the US around 1888, in relation to the introduction of the electric chair (see quotes).
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.
ELECTROCUTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
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
ELECTROCUTION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CCEEILNOORTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, C, T and O appear more than once.
Words that start ELECTROCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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