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ELUSION
Definition of ELUSION
noun
The act of eluding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ēlūsiō.
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.
ELUSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELUSION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EILNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ELUSIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found ELUSION?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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