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POTION
Definition of POTION
noun
A small portion or dose of a liquid which is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pocioun, borrowed from Old French pocion, from Latin pōtiō (“a drinking”), pōtiōnis, from pōtāre (“to drink”). Displaced native Old English drenċ whence Modern English drench. Doublet of poison.
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.
POTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
POTION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read INOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found POTION?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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