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PROPULSION
Definition of PROPULSION
noun
The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin propulsio, propulsionis, from the past participle of Latin propello (“to drive forward, drive forth, drive away, drive out”).
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.
PROPULSION 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 10 days.
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
PROPULSION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ILNOOPPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start PROPUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROPULSION?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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