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OCCLUSION
Definition of OCCLUSION
noun
The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis (“occluding, obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occlūdō (“to shut up or close up; to restrain”), from ob + claudō (“to shut or close”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OCCLUSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCCLUSION starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CCILNOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and C appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OCCLUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCCLUSION?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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