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RADIATION
Definition of RADIATION
noun
The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin radiatio, radiationis. By surface analysis, radiate + -ion.
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.
RADIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
RADIATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADIINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start RADIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found RADIATION?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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