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ERADICATION
Definition of ERADICATION
noun
The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting or rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ērādīcātiō, from ērādīcō + -tiō, from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō. Equivalent to eradicate + -ion or e- (“without”) + radication.
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.
ERADICATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERADICATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ERADICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ERADICATION?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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