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POLLUTION
Definition of POLLUTION
noun
Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English pollucioun, pollucion (“desecration, impurity”), from Anglo-Norman pollutiun, Middle French pollution, pollucion, and their source, post-classical Latin pollūtiō (“defilement, desecration; nocturnal emission”) (4th century), from the participial stem of polluō (“to soil, defile, contaminate”), from por- (“before”) + -luō (“to smear”), related to lutum (“mud”) and luēs (“filth”). Compare Ancient Greek λῦμα (lûma, “filth, dirt, disgrace”) and λῦμαξ (lûmax, “rubbish, refuse”), Old Irish loth (“mud, dirt”), Lithuanian lutynas (“pool, puddle”). By surface analysis, pollute + -ion.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLLUTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POLLUTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ILLNOOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start POLLUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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