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EVAPORATION
Definition of EVAPORATION
noun
The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French évaporation, from Latin evaporatio. Morphologically evaporate + -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.
EVAPORATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EVAPORATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEINOOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start EVAPORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found EVAPORATION?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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