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ERUPTION
Definition of ERUPTION
noun
A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio.
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.
ERUPTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERUPTION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EINOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ERUPTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found ERUPTION?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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