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ERUDITION
Definition of ERUDITION
noun
Profound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
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Where it comes from
First attested in the 15th Century. From Middle French érudition, from Latin eruditio (“an instructing, learning, erudition”), from erudire (“to instruct, educate, cultivate”, literally “free from rudeness”), from e (“out”) + rudis (“rude”). By surface analysis, erudite + -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.
ERUDITION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ERUDITION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEIINORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ERUDIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found ERUDITION?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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