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STRICTIONS

/ˈstɹɪk.ʃən/10 letters

Definition of STRICTIONS

Wiktionary has no entry for STRICTIONS itself. This is its base word, STRICTION.

noun

The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for STRICTION.

From Latin strictio. See stringent.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

STRICTIONS 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
118
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

jstew

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STRICTIONS
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

STRICTIONS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIINORSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, T and I appear more than once.

Words that start STRICT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STRICTSTRICTERSTRICTLYSTRICTESTSTRICTIONSTRICTISHSTRICTURESTRICTNESSSTRICTUREDSTRICTURESSTRICTURINGSTRICTNESSES

Could you have found STRICTIONS?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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