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EVULSION

8 letters

Definition of EVULSION

noun

The action of forcibly pulling something out.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin ēvulsiōnem, from ēvellere.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (10,004)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EVULSION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 26 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
26
Boards found on
8
First board
149
Latest board
40
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

sock

on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EVULSION
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

EVULSION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EILNOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start EVULSI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EVULSINGEVULSIONS

Could you have found EVULSION?

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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