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ERUCTATION
Definition of ERUCTATION
noun
The act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin ērūctātiōnem, accusative of ērūctātiō (“a belching forth, burp”), from ērūctāre (“to belch, burp”). Compare Middle English eructuacioun (“belching, burp”), borrowed from the same root.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ERUCTATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERUCTATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEINORTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start ERUCTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ERUCTATION?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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