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INDUCTIONS
Definition of INDUCTIONS
noun
plural of induction
noun
An act of inducting. A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service. The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
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Word DNA
INDUCTIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, INDUCTION.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INDUCTION · 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.
INDUCTIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INDUCTIONS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDIINNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start INDUCT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INDUCTIONS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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