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SUBACTION
Definition of SUBACTION
noun
The act of reducing to any state, such as of mixing two bodies completely.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare Latin subactio a working up, discipline.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBACTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 74 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBACTION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCINOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SUBACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBACTION?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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