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INFUSION
Definition of INFUSION
noun
A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English infusioun, from Old French infusion, from Latin infusio, infusionem (“a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow”), from infundo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INFUSION 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 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
INFUSION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read FIINNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start INFUSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFUSION?
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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