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ERECTION
Definition of ERECTION
noun
The act of building or putting up or together of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ērectiō, ērectiōnis, noun of action from perfect passive participle ērectus, from verb erigō, from prefix ē- (“out of”) + regō, + action suffix -iō.
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.
ERECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ERECTION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ERECTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found ERECTION?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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