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PROPULSION

/pɹəˈpʌlʃən/10 letters

Definition of PROPULSION

noun

The process of propelling, driving, or pushing, typically forward or onward; a propulsive force or impulse.

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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).

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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.

PROPULSION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
10
Days since seen

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

runhikepaddle

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PROPULSION
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

PROPULSORPROPULSIVEPROPULSORSPROPULSORYPROPULSIONS

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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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