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EROSION
Definition of EROSION
noun
The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French erosion, from Latin ērōsiō (“eating away”), derived from ērōdō. The first known occurrence in English was in the 1541 translation by Robert Copland of Guy de Chauliac's medical text The Questyonary of Cyrurygens. Copland used erosion to describe how ulcers developed in the mouth. By 1774 erosion was used outside medical subjects. Oliver Goldsmith employed the term in the more contemporary geological context, in his book Natural History, with the quote
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.
EROSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EROSION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EINOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start EROSIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found EROSION?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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