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EVICTION
Definition of EVICTION
noun
The act of evicting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French éviction, from Late Latin ēvictiō, from Latin ēvincō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EVICTION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EVICTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EVICTION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEIINOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found EVICTION?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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