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EMACIATION
Definition of EMACIATION
noun
The act of making very lean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From emaciate + -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.
EMACIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EMACIATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACEIIMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start EMACIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found EMACIATION?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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