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OSCULATION

/ˌɒs.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/10 letters

Definition of OSCULATION

noun

The action of kissing.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin ōsculātiō (“a kissing”), from ōsculor (“to kiss”). By surface analysis, osculate + -ion.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

OSCULATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far.

Day 1Day 98
Its 11 boards, across 98 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
30
First board
97
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

amphipodgirl

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

OSCULATION
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

OSCULATION starts with O and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACILNOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start OSCULA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OSCULATION?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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