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SECRETION

/sɪˈkriːʃ(ə)n/9 letters

Definition of SECRETION

noun

Any substance that is secreted by an organism.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

(1646) From French sécrétion, from Latin sēcrētiō, sēcrētiōnem.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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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.

SECRETION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 19 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
19
First board
97
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

silentpages

on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SECRETION
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SECRETION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SECRET

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SECRETSECRETASECRETESECRETSSECRETEDSECRETERSECRETESSECRETINSECRETLYSECRETORSECRETAGESECRETARY

Could you have found SECRETION?

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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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