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IRREDUCTION
Definition of IRREDUCTION
noun
The Latourian concept that nothing is either reducible or irreducible to anything else.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ir- + reduction.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
IRREDUCTION 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 ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IRREDUCTION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDEIINORRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start IRREDUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IRREDUCTION?
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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