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SUBDUCTION
Definition of SUBDUCTION
noun
The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin subductiō, from subdūcere (“to draw from under or below”). Equivalent to subduct + -ion or subduce + -tion.
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.
SUBDUCTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SUBDUCTION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BCDINOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start SUBDUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SUBDUCTION?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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